DoE fines errant businesses
The Department of Environment (DoE) fined owners of a paper mill, a textile mill and two illegal brick fields around Tk 40 lakh in Narayanganj and Barguna yesterday.
In Narayanganj, a DoE enforcement team found that the paper mill was running for the past two years without environmental clearance and an effluent treatment plant, while the textile mill was found grossly faulty, said a press release.
The mills were fined Tk 31 lakh for polluting river with untreated chemical effluent, it said.
There was no dissolved oxygen in the effluent released by the paper mill, while the level of oxygen in the effluent of the textile mill was 0.6 milligram per litre although it should have been at least 4.5 milligram.
Meanwhile, the DoE fined owners of two illegal brick fields around Tk 9 lakh for grabbing part of Bishkhali River and disrupting the river course in Barguna.
Owners of the brick fields were also ordered to clear bricks and earth filling from the river within a week, said another DoE press release.
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