Earth Hour News
The event encourages people to turn off the lights for 60 minutes from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to showcase their support for environmental stewardship.
Zomato is encouraging all its employees to observe Earth Hour in their homes.
Earth Hour started in 2007 as a one hour light’s out event in Australia’s Sydney.
The event has now spread across 190 countries.
The power distribution companies in the national capital saved 258 megawatts (MW) of electricity during sixty minutes of the Earth Hour observed on Saturday night.
Earth Hour was observed across the country between 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on Saturday.
The year 2017 makes the 10th anniversary of Earth Hour and millions of people worldwide will exihibit their love for planet Earth by switching off their lights at 8:30 pm for an hour.
On this day, millions of people led by environmental activists take part in a range of activities from tree planting to picking up litter.
As part of efforts to spread the message of energy conservation, New Delhi will join a billion people in over six cities across the globe to observe the Earth Hour today.
As the Earth Hour coincides with the India-Pakistan match in ongoing T20 World Cup, BSES urged Delhiites to cheer for India while observing the Earth Hour.
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