Old, unfit buses causing air suffocating

Old, unfit buses causing air suffocating

A dilapidated old public bus was seen struggling to ascend Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover in the city recently and finally managed to stabilise after emitting a thick layer of black smoke, making the surrounding air suffocating.
Before then, the bus exhaust caused irritation to passengers of other vehicles, and exposed serious health hazards due to inhaling such polluted air.
Air quality specialist Prof Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder told The Shuttle Times that the unfit buses emit harmful smoke while ascending to the flyovers and elevated expressways or roads as the old engines do not have the capacity to run properly.