DoE asked to intensify anti-polybag drive
State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to strengthen its anti-polybag drive to help minimise the environmental degradation.
He made the directive when DoE Director General Monwar Islam met him at his ministry office.
During the meeting, Hasan said the previous BNP-Jamaat government had conducted anti-polythene drive for just 75 days during their 2002-2006 term and realised only Tk 10 lakh.
But the present government has already conducted anti-polythene drives for 221 days from January 2009 to July 2011, and realised Tk 70.40 lakh in fine and seized around 136,587kg of polythene, he said.
The junior minister urged the authorities concerned to be more sincere in conducting the anti-polythene drive to help protect the environment.
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