Oslo Temporarily Bars Diesel Cars To Combat Pollution
Muhammad Rameez Published January 16, 2017 | 04:25 PM
OSLO, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jan, 2017 ) - Oslo will ban diesel cars from the road for at least two days this week in a bid to combat rising air pollution, angering some motorists after they were urged to buy diesel cars a few years ago.
The ban, announced by the city late Sunday, will go into effect on Tuesday on municipal roads but will not apply on the national motorways that criss-cross the Norwegian capital. Better atmospheric conditions are expected on Thursday.
Motorists violating the ban will be fined 1,500 kroner (166 Euros, $176). This is the first time Oslo has implemented a ban of this type after the city council -- made up of the Labour and Greens parties -- agreed in principle in February 2016 on the use of such a measure.
While diesel cars emit less carbon dioxide (CO2) they emit more nitrogen dioxyde (NO2). "In Oslo, we can't ask children, the elderly and those suffering from respiratory problems to remain holed up at home because the air is too dangerous to breathe," Greens city councillor Lan Marie Nguyen Berg told Norwegian media.
The measure has angered some motorists, who were encouraged in 2006 by Norwegian authorities to opt for diesel vehicles, which at the time were considered a better environmental choice than petrol-fuelled cars.
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