Black smoke emission vitiating Gopalganj environment

Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Oct 11: Emission of black smoke from spurious fuel used in motor vehicles poses a serious threat to public health in the district. The open sale of spurious fuel like diesel, petrol, kerosene, mobil by a section of dishonest dealers and agents continues unabatedly. A large number of people have been suffering from various kinds of respiratory track infection (RTI) due to air pollution caused by black smoke. The school children are the worst sufferers. Patients suffering from bronchitis, upper respiratory tract infection and cardiac diseases have increased at an alarming rate. In order to check the air pollution the government took a pragmatic action discouraging marketing lead mixed octane. Besides the government imposed ban on the import of two-stroke three-wheeler autos and lead mixed fuel.