{"id":218697,"date":"2022-12-16T20:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218697"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:09:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:39:10","slug":"tramjatra-event-come-february-150-years-of-kolkata-tram-to-be-celebrated-by-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tramjatra-event-come-february-150-years-of-kolkata-tram-to-be-celebrated-by-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Tramjatra event: Come February, 150 years of Kolkata tram to be celebrated by users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cCome February, 150 years of Kolkata tram to be celebrated by users\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 15th December 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata will witness Tramjatra event that will celebrate 150 years of its iconic tram and renew hope that this non-polluting mode of transport does not become entirely extinct in February, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Tramjatra?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tramjatra (tram\u2019s journey) is a moving tram carnival that was started back in 1996 jointly by enthusiasts from Melbourne and Kolkata.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, Kolkata, the only Indian city where the tram still runs, was home to about two dozen routes. Today the number of routes that remain operational has shrunk to just two.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the objective of Tramjatra event 2023?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Objective: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To educate people, particularly the younger generation, about climate change, air pollution, and sustainable development objectives with a focus on green mobility and Kolkata\u2019s tram legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Theme: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heritage, Clean Air and Green Mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCome February, 150 years of Kolkata tram to be celebrated by users\u201d published in The Hindu on 15th December 2022 What is the News? Kolkata will witness Tramjatra event that will celebrate 150 years of its iconic tram and renew hope that this non-polluting mode of transport&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tramjatra-event-come-february-150-years-of-kolkata-tram-to-be-celebrated-by-users\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tramjatra event: Come February, 150 years of Kolkata tram to be celebrated by users<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-218697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}