The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined Tk 15 lakh to a steel mill for operating the factory without licence.
The DoE charged the fine after a hearing at its headquaters in the capital yesterday.
According to the Department of Environment, a team of the department led by Director (monitoring and enforcement) Mohammed Alamgir had visited the SS Steel Private Ltd located in Machhimpur area under Gazipur City Corporation recently and found that the factory authority was operating it without taking lisence.
For polluting environment, the authority called its owner and stakholders to its Dhaka office where a hearing was conducted. During the hearing, the DoE has taken decesion that the factory would have to give Tk15 lakh.
Owner of the factory was present in the hearing and admitted his guilty.
