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GTech launches carpooling web site

Thiruvananthapuram: The Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) has launched a carpooling web site ( www.parkcarpool.in) for the IT community in the State.

The web site was launched by GTech in partnership with Palnar Transmedia, a software firm operating out of Technopark.

Taken up under the ‘Green Computing Initiative,’ the carpooling concept is introduced by GTech to reduce the carbon footprint of the IT industry in Kerala. The underlying objective of the web site is to help the IT community in Kerala to travel together in order to save money, fuel, reduce global warming and traffic on the roads, a GTech spokesman said.

The web site is aimed at the 30,000 IT professionals working on the Technopark campus in Thiruvananthapuram and Infopark in Cochin.

A carpool is an arrangement under which commuters share a vehicle to travel to their offices, thereby saving fuel and money and reducing global warming and traffic. The users can register on the web site by giving the relevant information and search for travel mates who commute to Technopark or Infopark. When a request for registration is submitted on the web site, it is verified as a safety measure by the GTech administrator before it is approved.

GTech president S. Rama Rao said there was need to create awareness amongst IT professionals of the benefits of carpooling, primarily to reduce the harmful effects of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles that are responsible for global warming. “It is also an avenue for the IT community to reduce their dependency on fuel consumption,” he said.

Satish Babu, secretary, GTech, said the primary objective of the carpooling web site was to enhance the environmental consciousness of IT professionals and promote the cause of environmental sustainability in Kerala. “It is also in tune with the national policy on conservation of fuel,” he said.

GTech plans to take up similar activities under the Green Computing initiative to play a proactive role in Environmental conservation and to work with key stakeholders in perpetuating such initiatives to all sections of the society, Mr. Babu added.

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