Kolkata: appeal to the minister of chairman through an open letter to lift a bicycle ban in 64 main roads get support from MPs, writers, film directors, script writers, actors, sportsmen, social scientists, fashion designers, and fashion designers.
All want people biking around the city to reduce the burden of pollution.
Ironically, the Kolkata traffic police, who applied the ban, were the biggest victims of air pollution.
Some prominent people who support open letters including members of the Saugata Roy Parliament, Author Amitav Ghosh and Ruskin Bonds, Director of the Aktor-Film Aparna Sen, Olympian Archer Rahul Banerjee, singer Usha Uthup, Clinical Director, Oncology, Suman Mallick, Sportsperson Dola Banerjee, Actor Anindya Chatterjee, Photographer Raghu Rai, Human Rights Activist Sumanta Banerjee, economist Jean Dreeze and Director of the Center of Hazard, Dunu Roy.
Other prominent names including actor he Mirza, Cricketer Varun Aaron, Documentary Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners, Senior Advocate Justice Anjana Prakash, Fashion Stylist Prasad Pideak, Tushar Gandhi and Aruna Roy Activists.
Air pollution affects the health of breathing and cardiovascular police traffic, said Vinay Jaju, Founder, Swicton, who pioneered the campaign.
Among the 64 main roads, where cycling is prohibited, is Camac Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Rashbehari Avenue and Ashutosh Mukherjee Road connector, for some.
A study – evaluation of the impact of ambient air pollution in the breathing health of traffic police in Kolkata – by researchers from Sister Nibedita General Degree College for girls, Kolkata and Kalyani University, found that the high level of particles (PM10 and PM10) resulted in lung function The lung decreases more on police personnel to North Kolkata followed by the South and Central Zone.
A total of 228 police personnel participated in the study of 128 testing the function of lung lungs.
The survey also showed many traffic police with limiting the lung expansion, obstruction and narrowing of the airways.
“We found PM 2.5 and PM 10 was the main pollution agent in Kolkata.
Although the quality of the surrounding air varies in all locations and with the season, the traffic police that works are found very vulnerable because of the long-term exposure,” said Subhashis Sahu, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Kalyani University and research authors.