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Honkers fined

Mobile court also penalises black-smoke emitters, vehicles with fake papers

Staff Correspondent
A mobile court yesterday penalised motor vehicle owners with fines in the city's Agargaon area for using horns beyond permissible sound limit, emitting black smokes and possessing fake documents.
Department of Environment (DoE) along with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and traffic police conducted the driveled by Executive Magistrate Sharifa Ahmed.
The court penalised 21 vehicles, including buses, lorries, covered vans and cars and realised Tk 28,800 in fine under the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983 and the Environment Conservation Act, 1995 and other relevant rules.
Eight of the vehicles have been fined for noise pollution while four for emitting black smokes, said DoE Deputy Director Sukumar Biswas.
The BRTA and traffic police checked driving licences, route permits, and registration and fitness certificates of the vehicles.
Magistrate Sharifa Ahmed said under the motor vehicle ordinance, a vehicle can be fined Tk 500 for not haring genuine licence while Tk 2,000-5,000 for no registration and Tk 200 for emitting black smokes.
A vehicle can be fined Tk 2,000 or three months imprisonment or both for the first time while Tk 5,000 or six months imprisonment or both for the next time for running a vehicle without route permit, she said.
However, the fine ofTk 100 for using horns beyond permissible sound limit and banned hydraulic horns under the motor vehicle ordinance is ridiculous and too negligible to be a penalty for the offenders.
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But the penalty under the Noise Pollution Control Rules, 2006 is Tk 5,000 or one month's imprisonment for the first time offence while Tk 10, 000 or six months imprisonment for the next time offence.
The noise pollution control rules are not included within, the purview of a mobile court. So, the DoE has to file cases with the environment court for noise pollution.
"We have no preparation for filing regular cases with the environment court to apply the rules during the ongoing drive, as we have lack of manpower and logistic support,” said DoE Dhaka Division Director Jamshed z\hmed.
The primary aim of the drive is to create public awareness about the environmental and motor vehicle laws, said Ahmed.
BRTA Motor Vehicle Inspector Abdur Rashid who was present during the drive said only BRTA chairman has the authority to update the motor vehicle ordinance.
The DoE officials with the help of the mobile court measured the sound emitted from the vehicle horns with decibel metre while the level of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon with emission analyser and the court penalised the violators of law.
The permissible sound limit for a motor vehicle is 85 to 100 decibels- at certain distances.
According to the environment conservation act, the permissible level of carbon monoxide for a motor vehicle is 4 percent while hydrocarbon is 180 PPM (parts per million).
According to the noise pollution control rules, the permissible noise level is 50 decibel during daytime and 40 during night at silent zone. It is 55 decibel during daytime and 45 during night at residential areas. The permissible level is 60 decibel during daytime and 50 during night at mixed areas while 70 decibel during daytime and 60 during night in commercial areas and 75 decibel during daytime and 70 decibel during night in industrial areas.