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| Sunday, 7 April 2002 |
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Those belching buses and cars Gosh! Those belching buses and cars. They are increasing by the day - puffing out thick black swirls of smoke and polluting the environment. Have you ever thought of the danger it causes to your health? Frankly I had not paid much heed to that too - being only concerned about that dirty smoke discolouring my clothes and clogging my skin's pores until my attention to it was drawn by visiting Member of the European Union Parliament, Sir Robert Atkins. He said he was appalled at this sight during his tour of this country - a situation he considered to be carcigenous and damaging to the health of our population. Why was he so concerned about this? He had observed that Sri Lankans, both in the villages and towns spend quite some time on the roads. They were either making their purchases from pavement hawkers, wayside boutiques, standing in bus queues, jogging, enjoying a bit of gossip in groups or just walking aimlessly on the roads; and all that time breathing the obnoxious air emitted by these vehicles. Why do you not do something about it and so prevent some of the health hazards? he asked me. It was a pity I could not answer his question adequately except tell him that some regulation to prevent such vehicles from being on the roads had been introduced sometime ago. What has become of that regulation, we would like to know. |
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