Bangladesh, Feb. 5 -- The January 30 announcement of a drive by DSCC (Dhaka South City Corporation) to fight the menace of Dhaka's dust by spraying water is a timely step. So it seems. The dry season has already set in. Acting in response to a High Court order to keep Dhaka free of air pollution, the DSCC mayor has said mobile courts will soon be pressed into operation for this purpose twice a week. They will be assigned to bring to justice people responsible for the city's air pollution. Besides, the DSCC authorities have made another announcement of spraying water on 51 kilometres of Dhaka roads in the coming days to keep them dust-free.
The occasion for announcing the programme was undoubtedly appropriate. The mayor was launching a wate...