Four Ctg factories fined for pollution
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined four factories Tk 47 lakh for polluting sea and river through discharging liquid wastages for years in Chittagong.
A DoE team led by Director (Enforcement) Munir Chowdhury penalised Mak Paper and Board Mills at Bayezid Bostami industrial area, and Seamark (BD) Ltd, Ifco Foods and Imam Buttons Industries Ltd at Sagorika industrial area.
Mak Paper was running without DoE clearance and effluent treatment plant (ETP) for 19 years while Seamark and Ifco for nine years, said Munir Chowdhury.
Imam Buttons was discharging the wastages for 15 years without setting ETP, despite having DoE clearance, he added.
Munir said untreated liquid wastages, around 150,000 cubic-metre, from the industries find their ways to the River Karnaphuli and the Bay through drains and canals.
Mak Paper was fined Tk 33.04 lakh, Seamark Tk 7.70 lakh, Imam Button Tk 5.41 lakh and Ifco Tk 1.66 lakh.
The industries were asked to set up ETP immediately and the DoE clearance of Imam Button was cancelled, said the director.
Meanwhile, the team realised Tk 68 thousand from N Mohammad Plastic at Muradpur as arrears renewal fee. The industry was running without DoE clearance for 14 years, said Munir.
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