Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said that buses over 20 years old, which have exceeded their economic life, should be withdrawn to prevent air pollution. In response, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority will send the list of buses of the said age plying in Dhaka city by April 8. The Transport Owners Association will provide a plan to withdraw buses older than 20 years by April 20. There will be no compromise in the larger national interest.
The environment minister said these things in the president’s speech at the discussion meeting organized in the meeting room of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding the control of air pollution on black smoke from public transport and not keeping construction materials in the open and burning of biomass waste.