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Remove unfit vehicles from streets, environment ministry asks BRTA

Published : Sunday, 6 October, 2024 at 7:39 PM  Count : 8033
File photo of unfit vehiclethat plying street

File photo of unfit vehiclethat plying street


The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sent a letter to the Bangladesh  Road Transport Authority (BRTA) requesting it to remove buses and minibuses older than 20 years, and trucks and covered-vans older than 25 years from roads with a view to reduce air pollution.

The ministry has also asked the BRTA to make emission testing mandatory while issuing fitness certificates for old diesel-powered buses and trucks in Dhaka, says a press release on Sunday.

As per the instruction of Adviser of the ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan, several initiatives have been taken to control environmental pollution
As part of these efforts, the BRTA has been requested to take steps to remove vehicles that have exceeded their economic life and to ensure mandatory emission testing for old diesel vehicles during their fitness checks, the release reads.

In line with the decisions made in the first and second meetings of the National Committee on Air Pollution Control, the BRTA will take appropriate measures over the issues, it added.

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