The Pollution Index estimates overall pollution, with the biggest weight given to air pollution. The ranking by the world’s largest crowd-sourced global database Numbeo follows a similar achievement in 2014 when Sri Lanka ranked highest in South Asia on the Environmental Performance Index, an exhaustive and highly regarded annual global environmental impact assessment study by Yale Universita USA. Sri Lanka ranked far ahead of neighbours India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the 2014 study and continues to stay ahead in 2015.

Notwithstanding a sharp increase in the vehicle population in recent years, with 6.5 million vehicles expected to be plying the roads by 2016, Sri Lanka has defied global trends in air pollution and shown no deterioration of ambient air quality. An achievement due, in large part to stringent VET programmes currently in place.

Comprehensive VET services play an invaluable role in controlling harmful emissions and preserving the environment, while value-added services such as Fuel Efficiency Reports offer advice on maximizing fuel efficiency and extending engine lifespan.

(news.lk)