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Brick kilns fined

Our Correspondent, Tangail
The environment department yesterday fined five brick kilns in Mirzapur and Ghatail upazilas for constructing and running them without permission from the DoE and polluting local environment. Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director (enforcement) of the department also directed the owners to shut their kilns. He, however, said that the brick kilns will be given fresh permission if they use non-agricultural land and modern chimney.