Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today put emphasis on producing bricks using environmentally friendly alternative technologies to prevent air pollution.He laid the importance while chairing a meeting on environment pollution at his Tejgaon office in the city, said Prime Minister's Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamy. He said the meeting held detailed discussions on a range of measures to prevent air and sound pollution. In particular, it decided to take swift and effective actions to curb air pollution caused by brick kilns. Besides, the meeting discussed ways to control the excessive use of vehicle horns in the capital city Dhaka. In this regard, the Prime Minister instructed the law enforcement agencies to play a more stringent role in enforcing the law.It also discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) technology, similar to AI cameras used in traffic management, could be utilised to monitor and control unnecessary horn use.The Prime Minister emphasized the need for effective initiatives to quickly remove unfit, expired and environment polluting buses, trucks and other vehicles from the streets of the capital.He also directed the authorities to introduce automatic traffic light systems at at least 50 more locations across Dhaka as quickly as possible.
