Children want Cycle to School, wrote to Chief Minister for cycle lanes in Kolkata

28th July 2021 - Children from Leading schools in Kolkata wrote and displayed letters and paintings at an Art Exhibition requesting Honorable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to promote ...

Why should cycles be promoted in Kolkata?

Road vehicular emissions are one of the leading contributors to air pollution. In December 2020, air pollution killed about 1.7 million Indians in the year 2019 with Delhi ...

#BringBackCycles on Kolkata Roads ft Usha Uthup

Musiking Bicycle Transport in Kolkata:  In its effort to urge authorities to revoke cycle restrictions from 62 roads in Kolkata which currently exists, Switch ON Foundation initiated public campaign ...

Are motor vehicles causing Kolkata’s Pollution?

Kolkata’s residents breathe in air that has 3-5 times higher pollution levels than the permissible limit set by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Kolkata is seeing the ...

#BringBackCycles for Sustainable Mobility in Kolkata

The Kolkata Police placed cycling restrictions on around 36 streets in 2008, which were later expanded to 174 routes in 2013. After being subjected to widespread protests, the ...

Doctors raise the alarm bell on air pollution Post-COVID: Children, elderly & poor affected most

COVID19 Third Wave Response

India is currently amidst the second wave of Covid-19, which has come much faster than the first wave. SwitchON has been providing end-to-end support for Covid patients, by ...

Sustainable Mobility Network Roundtable

Vehicular count and Speed Mapping Infobrief - that aims to answer the question of the cycle being a slow-moving mobility option and slowing down traffic speed  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QSpDigPMi043eD-rAs3U86HTBxAI6KQX/view Road Fatality statistics in ...

SwitchON’s State Level Oxygen Bank Network

SwitchON Foundation has set up an oxygen bank network across West Bengal  for supplying oxygen cylinders and concentrators, especially in rural and suburban areas. Oxygen is one of ...

Kolkata needs to bring back Cycles

Cycling restrictions in Kolkata were imposed on about 36 streets in the year 2008 by the Kolkata Police which had been increased to 174 roads in 2013 and ...