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Metropolis Desk-
The economic life of buses and minibuses was set by the government at 20 years, and that of goods-laden vehicles, such as trucks and covered vans, at 25 years.
In this connection, the Roads and Highways Division on Wednesday released a circular that would take effect after being published in the gazette.
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority outlawed trucks and buses older than 20 years from the highways in the capital in 2010. However, there are still a lot of outdated and deteriorated automobiles on other country roads, particularly on the national highways.
According to the Wednesday circular, Section 36 of the 2018 Road Transport Act had established the economic lives. By publishing a circular in a public gazette, the government or any entity authorized by the government is permitted to fix the economic life of any vehicle.
According to the BRTA website, there were 57.1 lakh total motor vehicles registered with it as of April this year. The authority lacks statistics on how many total vehicles or unsuitable vehicles have exceeded their economic usefulness.
The High Court ordered the road transport ministry to comply with the police’s request that unsafe vehicles be kept off the country’s roadways on August 3, 2015. Road safety experts and activists attribute a significant portion of the rise in road accidents in Bangladesh to outdated and unsafe automobiles.
