Govt to fine vehicles failing pollution test up to Rs 100,000 from today

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The Environment Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forest has decided to fine vehicles failing the pollution test up to Rs 100,000 from Friday. Issuing a notice on Thursday, the department maintained the burning of garbage in open spaces and emis

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Punishing Valley’s Air Polluters

It is a matter of worry that nearly half the vehicles failed the pollution test in the valley which is said to be home to over five million people. Though there is a mandatory provision for vehicular pollution tests, the lack of the implementation of the same has invited a situation like this. This means the pollution regulating bodies need to be serious as well as stricter about enforcing the laws against air polluters.

41 percent of vehicles fail pollution test

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: When the Department of Environment checked 341 public vehicles from December 2 to December 23, 41 percent of the vehicles failed to meet the emission standard. In the capital city, Kathmandu, emissions from vehicles have been a major factor resulting in air pollution.

Govt to fine vehicles failing pollution test up to Rs 100,000 from today

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The Environment Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forest has decided to fine vehicles failing the pollution test up to Rs 100,000 from Friday. Issuing a notice on Thursday, the department maintained the burning of garbage in open spaces and emission of smokes by vehicles are the main sources of air pollution and urged not to operate vehicles that fail pollution tests. Here is the notice issued by the department:

Fighting Air Pollution

Recently, a team of government officials including employees of the Department of Environment, Department of Transport Management and Metropolitan Traffic Police Division conducted an on-the-spot pollution test of vehicles at Babarmahal in the capital. According to the employees involved in the test, over two-thirds of the vehicles failed the pollution test which means they were running in conditions below the prescribed standards for air pollution in the country.

Most public vehicles in the valley fail the pollution test

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Most public vehicles in the valley fail pollution test

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Most of the public vehicles in the Kathmandu Valley have failed the pollution test. On Friday, a team comprising members of the Department of Environment, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division and the Department of Transport Management conducted pollution test of vehicles at Babarmahal in Kathmandu.

Most public vehicles in Valley fail pollution test

Most of the public vehicles plying Kathmandu Valley roads have failed to maintain Vehicle Emission Testing (VET). It was found that most of the vehicles tested failed a pollution test on Friday that was conducted by the Department of Environment, Metropolitan Traffic Police, and Transport Management Department in Babarmahal.

More than 50 per cent vehicles fail pollution test

More than fifty per cent of the vehicles plying in Kathmandu valley are those who have failed the pollution test. This is because a minor maintenance after paying the fine of one thousand rupees would give such vehicle owners the green sticker to run without any hassles.