June 26, 2025

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Unfit trucks spew black smoke on highways

It is unclear which trucks plying Bangladesh’s highways would pass a fitness test. Truck drivers and owners say that those vehicles on the roads are fit, but many can be seen regularly spewing black smoke.

The Dhaka-Chattogram Highway seems to hold a competition every day on which truck can spew the most black smoke. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The Dhaka-Chattogram Highway seems to hold a competition every day on which truck can spew the most black smoke. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A motorcyclist drives through the dark smoke spewed by a bus crossing Dhaka’s Kanchpur Bridge. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A motorcyclist drives through the dark smoke spewed by a bus crossing Dhaka’s Kanchpur Bridge. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A Bedford truck on Dhaka’s Kanchpur Bridge spews so much black smoke that it obscures the line of vehicles behind it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A Bedford truck on Dhaka’s Kanchpur Bridge spews so much black smoke that it obscures the line of vehicles behind it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The trucks plying Bangladesh’s highways do not follow any rules about sticking to a particular lane. Instead, they change lanes at will, spewing dark smoke along the way. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The trucks plying Bangladesh’s highways do not follow any rules about sticking to a particular lane. Instead, they change lanes at will, spewing dark smoke along the way. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

An older truck seems to lose all steam when it encounters an upward slope or a bridge. As the vehicle struggles to ascend, it spews black smoke continuously. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

An older truck seems to lose all steam when it encounters an upward slope or a bridge. As the vehicle struggles to ascend, it spews black smoke continuously. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Trucks do not seem to follow any rules on the highways. Some of the vehicles look ready to fall apart at any moment, but still travel at full speed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Trucks do not seem to follow any rules on the highways. Some of the vehicles look ready to fall apart at any moment, but still travel at full speed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 11 Apr 2025, 02:18 PM

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