2 factories fined Tk 23 lakh for pollution

Department of Environment (DoE) fined Tk 23 lakh to two dyeing factories at Kodda and Tongi areas in Gazipur city yesterday for polluting environment by discharging fluid waste without treatment and operating the factory without licence.
Department of Environment (DoE) sources said,    its director (Monitoring and enforcement) AKM Mizanur Rahman fined the owners of the factories after called them at it’s head office in Dhaka yesterday at the parts of operation against environmental pollution. Sources said, Chemio USA Knitware Limited at Kodda in Gazipur city has been operating its factory with faulty effluent treatment plant (ETP) and polluting environment by discharging fluid waste to the surrounding areas. The DoE fined Tk 22 lakh to the owners of the factory. On the other hand, Kankun Washing Plant at Shilmun area of Tongi in Gazipur was fined Tk one lakh for operating the factory without licence from the DoE and without implementation ETP plant.

 

2 factories fined Tk 23 lakh for pollution

Department of Environment (DoE) fined Tk 23 lakh to two dyeing factories at Kodda and Tongi areas in Gazipur city yesterday for polluting environment by discharging fluid waste without treatment and operating the factory without licence. Department of Environment (DoE) sources said, its director (Monitoring and enforcement) AKM Mizanur Rahman fined the owners of the factories after called them at its head office in Dhaka yesterday at the parts of operation against environmental pollution. Sources said, Chemio USA Knitware Limited at Kodda in Gazipur city has been operating its factory with faulty effluent treatment plant (ETP) and polluting environment by discharging fluid waste to the surrounding areas. The DoE fined Tk 22 lakh to the owners of the factory. On the other hand, Kankun Washing Plant at Shilmun area of Tongi in Gazipur was fined Tk one lakh for operating the factory without licence from the DoE and without implementation ETP plant.