DoE fines 3 factories
A mobile team of Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined three factories in Narsingdi and Fatulla a total of Tk 21 lakh for polluting the environment.
The team, led by Munir Chowdhury, director (Monitoring and Enforcement), also halted the activities of Index Constructions Ltd and Microcred Centre for illegally filling up the riverbanks of Bramhaputra in Narsingdi.
The team fined Minan Steel Industries and New Dhaka Moulding International in Fatulla Tk 7.5 lakh for releasing toxic fumes and polluting the air in the area.
The two factories were ordered to set up smock extraction systems within 15 days.
Meanwhile, K T Textile Ltd in Narsingdi was fined Tk 13.44 lakh for discharging toxic waste in the river Bramhaputra. The DoE ordered the factory owner to set up an effluent treatment plant (ETP) within June 30.
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