Dhaka, April 27 -- The government has initiated a move to monitor air quality in road side areas under Dhaka and Chattogram City Corporation and also to identify the extent of air pollution caused by vehicles there.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) recently approved a project to this end titled "The Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring" with an estimated cost of TK 103.35 crore.
Of the total project cost, TK 35.51 crore will come from the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) portion while the rest of TK 67.84 crore as grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), reports BSS.
The project area covers Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation...