The Department of Environment (DoE) in a concerted anti-pollution drive in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Tuesday fined nine vehicles and five institutions and closed two factories on different grounds including air pollution.
The department's Monitoring and Enforcement Wing in association with local administrations conducted several drives in the capital's Jatrabari, Chawkbazar and Demra areas, and Fatullah of Narayanganj, reads a press release signed by DoE's Senior Information Officer Dipankar Bar.
Eight vehicles were fined Tk21,500 for releasing black smoke in the Jatrabari area.
On the other hand, three companies were handed financial penalties of Tk12,000 for keeping construction materials in an open space in the Chawkbazar area.
Two aluminium bar manufacturing factories were closed for polluting the air in the Demra area.
Moreover, a steel mill was fined Tk2,00,000 and a vehicle Tk5,000 for sound pollution in the Fatullah area.
A construction firm was also penalized Tk20,000 for keeping their materials in an open space.
