Reportedly, air pollution in Dhaka city still afflict, on an average, 150,000 people every year. The figures point to the acute necessity of further introducing and enforcing existing rules and regulations against air pollution for reducing the number who get exposed to this form of pollution.

There is no way to look slightly at the pollution-related costs. The number of physical sufferers from pollution who need treatment are rising in spite of the recent successful withdrawal of the most polluting three-wheelers from Dhaka's metropolitan areas. There is an urgent need to take follow-up steps for similar withdrawal or decommissioning of aged buses and trucks that seem to be eluding official instructions through repainting to look younger and managing papers from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to the effect that they are still roadworthy. It was established after expert study that Japanese reconditioned cars pollute far less compared to even brand new imported cars from India. Therefore, government needs to take its decision in respect of import of new and reconditioned cars in light of this study to favour the environment.

Source: http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=9/3/2006&section_id=6&newsid=36461&spcl=no