- Title: Several Indian landmarks go dark to mark Earth Hour
- Date: 22nd March 2025
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 22, 2025) (ANI- No use India) LIGHTS TURNING OFF AT INDIA GATE WAR MEMORIAL LIGHTS TURNING OFF AT QUTUB MINAR KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (MARCH 22, 2025) (ANI- No use India) LIGHTS TURNING OFF AT HOWRAH BRIDGE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA (MARCH 22, 2025) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING WITH CANDLES BESIDE 60 CANDLES ARRANGED IN SHAPE OF
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- Keywords: Earth Hour India blackout climate change eco-friendly environment sustainability
- Location: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA001M1AEKB3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Several landmarks in India went dark on Saturday (March 22) to mark the 'Earth Hour', while drawing attention to climate change.
At 3:30 PM GMT, India Gate and Qutub Minar in India's capital New Delhi, and Howrah Bridge in eastern Kolkata, among other important buildings turned off their lights to observe 60 minutes of blackout.
In southern Thiruvananthapuram, people gathered to light 60 candles, a symbolic gesture to observe the Earth Hour.
One of the participants said that the production of energy has to be reduced to control global warming and climate change.
The initiative began in Australia in 2007 as a grass roots gesture by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia against man-made carbon dioxide emissions linked to a warming planet. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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