DoE Ctg fines 10 businesses Tk 13.6 lakh for hill cutting, irregularities
Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region today fined 10 businesses Tk 13,60,000 for hill cutting, violating the terms of clearance certificates and not renewing them.
The fines were levied after a hearing at DoE's Khulshi office in the port city.
Mohammad Moazzom Hossain, director of DoE, Chattogram region, told The Daily Star one Md Sohel and Jakaria were fined Tk 10 lakh for razing hills at Pekuya upazila without approval from DoE.
The FMC Dockyard at Boalkhali upazila was fined Tk 1 lakh for running their operation without obtaining clearace certificate, he said.
SL Shipbreaking yard was fined Tk 10,000 for violating conditions stipulated in the clearance certificate, while six other businesses were fined a total of Tk 2.5 lakh, he added.
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