Policy of Bangladesh

government to reduce air

pollution in Dhaka( Vehicle)
Overview
Air quality in Dhaka
Impact of pollution
Policy taken by BD Government

Air quality in Dhaka
Contd
Impact of pollution
Health Cost- US$60 million to a high
estimate of US$270 (Xie etal.,1998)
Health Cost:1.7 to 7.5 percent of Gross
product of Dhaka (Xie etal.,1998)
Diseases : hypertension, Asthma.

Policy taken by BD Government
Banning Two-Stroke engine vehicle
CNG system
Increasing tax rate on recondition car
Decreasing tax rate on brand new car
Reducing the use of straight mineral oil
Reducing the subsidies on fuel oil
Impacts
Mass use of CNG (Taxi, CAR etc)
Many people cant get access to buy brand
new car as well as recondition car
Air pollution decline
People are more aware