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Call to stagger office timings

Special Correspondent

Aim to curb pollution

HYDERABAD: With the city having the highest vehicle density for every kilometre in the country, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M.Punna Rao on Tuesday suggested private organisations to stagger their office timings as part of efforts to reduce pollution.

Addressing employees of Ness Technologies Inc., which launched "Ness Sense", a carbon containment campaign to fight global warming, to commemorate the World Environment Day, he said the growing volume of traffic needed to be reduced. Mr. Rao pointed out that the city has 20 lakh vehicles with 600 new being registered each day.

High pollution levels

He said the pollution levels were highest at Punjagutta and Greenlands junctions and there was a growing incidence of lung ailments among the city's traffic constabulary.

Lauding Ness Technologies for providing helmets to all its employees owning two-wheelers, he suggested car-pooling, besides plying of a few buses by the company for transporting its staff as part of efforts to improve the environment.

Y. Lakshmi Narayana, president, Innovative Business Services, Ness Technologies, said the company had its operations in 16 countries. The revenues had increased from $167 million to $ 474 million in 2006 and were poised to touch $520 to 540 million this year.

The campaign aims to empower the employees and communities to reduce carbon emissions as part of the company's social responsibility.

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