The Sri Lankan government has agreed a deal that will see Environmental Systems Products (ESP) designing the country's first Vehicle Emissions Testing (VET) programme.

Sri Lanka is one of many across Asia suffering poor air quality because of vehicle emissions, but the new programme should enable Sri Lanka to cut emissions from cars.

As part of the deal, ESP is to build and operate a network of 15 vehicle inspection stations and up to 12 mobile testing units to identify vehicles polluting the atmosphere.

It is intended that the move will increase the number of vehicles in the country using catalytic converters, and some believe that the deal could be a model for other Asian countries to improve their air quality by reducing emissions.

Due to the deal, uptake of cars with catalytic converters in Sri Lanka is expected to increase substantially.

Jeff Vogt, ESP's senior vice president of international development, commented: "The company is designing and building modern, high-volume inspection centres that will give motorists a quick and convenient emissions test."


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