Turag River Pollution
Remove waste or face action
DoE warns Gazipur municipality
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday directed authorities of Gazipur Municipality to remove wastes dumped at the west bank of the Turag River beside Tangail-Gazipur Highway in Bymail area within next fifteen days.
The DoE also warned that it would take legal actions if the municipal authorities fail to comply with the directive.
Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director (enforcement) of DoE, issued the directive to the municipality's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Md Rakibul Hasan, said a press release.
Earlier on Wednesday, an enforcement team of DoE found that a huge amount of household waste including polythene was dumped on about two acres of land in the area causing threat to public health by emitting bad smell, polluting the environment and water of the river, the press release added.
The municipality's CEO Md Rakibul Hasan and Panel Mayor Md Akbar Hossain appeared at a hearing at the DoE's office in Dhaka. They assured of taking necessary steps to remove the waste within the fixed timeframe, it said.
The authorities of the municipality informed the DoE that the waste was dumped on the river bank due to lack of manpower and dump trucks, it added.
The municipality should take a project for recycling the waste, DoE Director Munir Chowdhury said.
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