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Pinnacle · 28-06-07

New Delhi
The Economic Times

Gigantic shopping malls that are mushrooming across India’s big and small cities are ‘environmentally disastrous’, said UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Rajendra K Pachauri. “The shopping malls in India are environmentally disastrous and their designs are not suitable for India’s climatic conditions,” said Mr Pachauri, who is also director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

“Why can’t we as society use our brains without blindly replicating the Western models of shopping malls? Why can’t we understand that those models might suit their kind of climatic condition, not ours?” asked a visibly concerned Pachauri.

According to Pachauri, India is not taking the consequences of climate change seriously even though there is a growing trend of awareness among the people. “We need to chart out a different path for ourselves altogether that will be suitable to our resources for our own benefit and for global benefit. We need to drive fuel-efficient cars and build a systematic transport sector.

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Pinnacle Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 260 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	‘indian Malls Are Most Environment Unfriendly’ New Delhi The Economic Times Gigantic shopping malls that are mushrooming across India’s big and small cities are ‘environmentally disastrous’, said UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Rajendra K Pachauri. “The shopping malls in India are environmentally disastrous and their designs are not suitable for India’s climatic conditions,” said Mr Pachauri, who is also director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). “Why can’t we as society use our brains without blindly replicating the Western models of shopping malls? Why can’t we understand that those models might suit their kind of climatic condition, not ours?” asked a visibly concerned Pachauri. According to Pachauri, India is not taking the consequences of climate change seriously even though there is a growing trend of awareness among the people. “We need to chart out a different path for ourselves altogether that will be suitable to our resources for our own benefit and for global benefit. We need to drive fuel-efficient cars and build a systematic transport sector. __________________ Ram