WATCH | Lights Shut At Rashtrapati Bhawan, Howrah Bridge & Other Places To Observe Earth Hour

Earth Hour is observed every year globally on the last Saturday of March, by switching off lights of houses and offices for an hour to raise awareness about climate change and energy conservation. 

Courtesy: ANI

New Delhi: From Rashtrapati Bhawan to India Gate in Delhi and BMC building in Mumbai to Howrah bridge in Kolkata, all these historic monuments switched off their lights for an hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Saturday to observe Earth Hour 2022. 

Earth Hour is observed every year across the globe on the last Saturday of March, by switching off lights of houses and offices for an hour to raise awareness about climate change and energy conservation. 

The theme for this year’s Earth Hour is “Shape Our Future.”

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Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi 

 

#WATCH | Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital observes #EarthHour2022

People around the world switch off lights in support of nature & the planet on Saturday, 26 March 2022, between 8:30pm-9:30pm. pic.twitter.com/BfXEwZOAXi

— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2022

Indian Gate, New Delhi  

#WATCH | India Gate dims the light to mark the #EarthHour2022 in Delhi

People around the world switch off lights in support of nature & the planet on 26 March 2022, between 8:30pm-9:30pm. pic.twitter.com/wtYoF7RI9E

— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2022

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai

 

#WATCH | Maharashtra: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) building in Mumbai shuts its light to observe #EarthHour2022

The world is observing Earth Hour by switching off lights in support of nature & the planet today, 26 March 2022, between 8:30pm-9:30pm. pic.twitter.com/uVwpAofeeP

— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2022

Howrah Bridge, Kolkata 

 

#WATCH | West Bengal: Decorative lights at Kolkata's iconic Howrah Bridge turned off to observe #EarthHour2022

People around the world are switching off lights for an hour today, between 8:30pm-9:30pm, in support of nature and the planet. pic.twitter.com/sN6XVp73FU

— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2022

Earth Hour was first observed in 2007 in Sydney as a symbolic lights-out event by the World Wildlife Fund and its allies. Since then every year on the last Saturday of March the event is observed raise awareness about climate change.