Co ordination Committee of All Bengal Truck Operators Association has formed a committee to work out a strategy to bring down pollution caused by heavy vehicles. | |
| The general secretary of the association, Amitabh Mitra, said truck operators were keen to limit pollution caused by heavy vehicles like trucks and buses. |
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| The association held a workshop on pollution in the city on Thursday, where West Bengal's transport minister Subhas Chakravarty blamed engine manufacturers and fuel companies for high level of auto emission in the city. |
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| "The main culprits are poor quality of fuel and engines," Chakravarty said. |
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| However, the director of the Centre for Environment and Development, A K Ghosh, rejected this viewpoint outright on the basis of scientific data. Indian fuel quality Ghosh blamed poor vehicle maintenance and roads and overloading. |
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| Ghosh said coal-fired power plants around Kolkata were major polluters. |
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