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Over 100,000 vehicles tested
Over 100,000 vehicle owners in the Western Province had had their vehicles tested for emission levels by the end December, Air Resource Management Centre (AirMac) of the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry said yesterday.
A senior official told The Island that this amounts to almost 10 per cent of all vehicles from motor buses to three wheelers in the Province.
Motor Traffic Commissioner Badulage Wijeratne recently informed vehicle owners in the Western Province, through press advertisements and various other means, that commencing November 17, vehicles had to obtain the vehicle emission test (VET) certificate to obtain the annual revenue licence.
Department sources told The Island yesterday that they were pleased with the number of registrations within a short period.
AirMac sources also said that 10 percent of the revenue earned from the VET Program would be remitted to Government while the remaining 90 per cent would go to the two firms Laugfs and Cleanco Private Ltd. that are conducting the VET programme.
