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Kolkata tackles pollution problem with public transport solutions

Traffic moves across Howrah Bridge in Kolkata April 8, 2011. Higher input costs and interest rates are seen crimping demand for cars in India, the second-fastest growing auto market in the world after China, with sales growth expected to more than halve in this fiscal year to 12-15 percent from the peaks scaled a year earlier. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) - GM1E7481E7002

Kolkata has deployed more electric buses and ferries in an effort to curb emissions – and it's working. Image: REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Emma Charlton
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