Chennai: A five-star hotel in Chennai will switch off its lights at its restaurants for an hour March 28 and serve candle light dinners in support of Earth Hour-2009, a global environmental awareness programme.
The Sheraton Park Hotel and Towers will switch off the lights from 1630 hrs (IST) to 1700 hrs (IST) joining one billion people across the globe participating in the Earth Hour-2009 campaign.
"This is part of our WelcomEnviron initiative to reduce, reuse and recycle materials for a green world," the hotel's spokesperson Prathima Vasan told IANS.
At the last count, 84 countries, 8,617 schools, 20,887 businesses, 6,231 organisations, 2,712 cities and municipalities have decided to participate in the Earth Hour 2009.
Many Indian business houses like Hewlett Packard, Tata Indicom, PVR Cinemas, The Taj Group, Yes Bank and others have also decided to join the movement and film star Aamir Khan is leading the campaign.
The Indian branch of international NGO World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling upon every resident of Delhi and Mumbai to switch off their lights and all electrical appliances for an hour on the scheduled hour on March 28 to convey their support for action to combat climate change.
Such an appeal to citizens who regularly reel from blackouts lasting for hours may sound ridiculous to some, but WWF India head Ravi Singh does not think so.
Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008, it became more popular, with over 50 million people switching off their lights.
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