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Remove old buses, trucks from roads, environment ministry asks BRTA

Remove old buses, trucks from roads, environment ministry asks BRTA

Staff Correspondent

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has urged the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to remove buses and minibuses older than 20 years, and trucks and covered vans older than 25 years from the roads in an effort to reduce air pollution.

Additionally, the ministry in a letter asked the BRTA to make emission testing mandatory when issuing fitness certificates for old diesel-powered buses and trucks in Dhaka, read a press release on Sunday.

Under the leadership of the ministry’s adviser, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, several initiatives have been undertaken to curb 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, read the release.

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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