Department of Environment (DoE) have fined five dying factories Tk6500,000 for violating environmental laws and polluting environment in Gazipur.
DoE endorsed the information in a press note on Tuesday issued by Md Hafizur Rahman, assistant director of the organisation’s Dhaka headquarters.
In an anti polution drive by the environment pollution watchdog, Director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir on Tuesday, fined five factories Tk500,000 for polluting the Turag river through the emission of the poisonous particles using faulty effluent treatment plant (ETP) and waste bipass system.
DOE fined Tk20 lakh to Multifabes Ltd, Tk16 lakh to Mitali Fashions Ltd, Tk5 lakh to Cotton Club (BD), Tk5 lakh to Jara knit composit and Tk19 lakh to Proma Syntex Ltd.
