Answer:
Government
laws can be effective to control the pollution in a city, provided they can be
properly enforced. People find ways of getting around laws. So, apart from
legislations, government also needs to carry out intensive public awareness
programmes aimed at educating the public about the need and ways of controlling
pollution and how they also have a stake in environmental governance.
Examples
to show the success of legislation to change the quality of
(i)
Public Life The Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission was successful in controlling industrial
smoke in colonial Calcutta.
(ii)
Private Life The British Government passed the Clean Air Act in 1956. This law
was aimed at controlling domestic sources of smoke pollution by introducing the
concept of smokeless zones. In these areas, smokeless fuels had to be burnt. As
a result, air pollution in British cities was substantially reduced. (3)
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