Cycle rickshaws and even a tempo driven by solar power hit the roads for the First International Solar Rally 2003.
Starting from Jaipur, the rally passed through five cities in Rajasthan and ended at Udaipur. An electric car and motorbike were also part of the rally
8 million nappies are thrown away every day in UK. A city in UK spends about £500,000 per year for nappy disposal.
For every tiger in the wild two are kept pets in USA.
Pouring drinking water through the cotton sari can catch the organisms on which cholera bacteria clings.
The water quality of India ranks 120 among 122 countries worldwide.
Over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked everyday.
One tobacco tree gives 300 cigarettes.
A single 2-gram computer microchip requires 630 times its weight in chemicals and fossil fuels to be produced and used.
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