KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the relevant authorities to take measures to do away with the inadequacies of environmental laws on a priority basis and to make these laws more specific to all sectors that contribute to environmental degradation.
Referring to the dilapidated condition of vehicles in the public transport sector, he said that those vehicles were the major sources of air pollution, particularly in city areas, but could not be scrapped at once since there were no other means for public transport and ultimately the people would have to suffer further.
He stressed the need for the promotion of a mass transit system in Karachi and Hyderabad and other cities and asked for expediting the induction of CNG Buses and Rickshaws in the city.
Malik Zaheerul Islam, director-general of the Karachi Mass Transit Cell, said that efforts were on to achieve some meaningful breakthrough in the public vehicular transport system, but there was also a need for the development of an alternative, sustainable and well-integrated transport strategy as well for a city like Karachi where 40 persons compete every day for one bus seat, against 12 in Mumbai and eight in Bangkok.
He also stressed the need for checking the quality of diesel used in the city public and service transports, increase in the CNG pressures at the fuel stations, and ensuring of a well-protected and adequate system of vehicle inspection and testing.
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