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| Sunday, 19 December 2004 |
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Vehicle emissions to be monitored by Hiran H. Senewiratne In a bid to control the obnoxious emissions of motor vehicles, the government will set up testing centres throughout the country by next year. "The main objective of this move is to encourage import of brand new vehicles into the country, which are trouble-free environment, friendly, and high efficient in fuel consumption," the Transport Ministry Secretary, Dr D.S. Jayaweera said, at the launch of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles (RMV), Statistics Document report, which was held under the patronage of the Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA), on Friday. Under the proposed system, all motor vehicles will have to undergo for a compulsory test and that will be done when vehicles are renewing their annual licences, he said. It is being permitted to have a sulphate level of around 5000 PPM, which has now touched 10000 PPM level. According to Dr. Jayaweera, private sector companies will be given permission to issue such certificates to vehicles and they will be given incentives to import necessary equipment to establish testing units in the country. Import of brand new vehicles to the country will save 40 per cent of the fuel consumption in the country due to the high fuel efficiency of such vehicles, he added. Dr Jayaweera also said that current vehicle number plate system would also be changed in the near future. This system has caused a tremendous problem in identifying fuel type and its category of vehicles unlike in the previous number plate system. |
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