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  To what extent do government regulations and new laws solve problems of pollution? Discuss one example each of the success of legislation to change the guality of (a) Public life (b) Private life                

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  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)