The authorities conducted special mobile courts and awareness campaigns at five places in and around Dhaka on Wednesday to check air and noise pollution.
A total of 26 vehicles were fined Tk85,000 and ten institutions Tk3,60,000 for causing pollution by emitting black smoke, using hydraulic horns and keeping construction materials open.
The monitoring and enforcement wings of the Department of Environment (DoE) carried out the raids in Dhaka expressway and bypass areas, Savar, Manik Mia Avenue, Khilkhet and Aftabnagar.
Md Shahab Uddin, minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, visited the operations conducted in Manik Mia Avenue, Khilkhet and Aftabnagar.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe minister said the government would do whatever was necessary to control air pollution. “Every effort will be made to ensure that the people can live in a healthy environment,” he told reporters.
He said the government was giving importance to public awareness. At the same time, strict legal action would be taken against the polluters.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneDeputy Environment Minister Habibun Nahar said air pollution would be under control if everyone in the society performed their responsibilities consciously. “Everyone should be careful not to pollute the environment. It is difficult for the government alone to control pollution,” she said.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneEnvironment Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed and DoE Director General Dr Abdul Hamid, along with senior officials of the ministry, were present on the occasion.