Two brick kilns fined
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined the owners of two brick kilns Tk 14 lakh on charges of setting up factories on agricultural land and polluting environment. Sources said the two brick fields -- 'Raj Bricks' owned by M Arifur Rahman alias Ranju and 'Barobari Brick Fields' owned by M Rashedul Alam alias Panna-- were built at Jamalpur in Shahjahanpur upazila of the district. The brick fields were set up digging around 18 acres of cropland and without obtaining environmental clearance certificates. Besides, the brick kilns are situated near dwelling houses and a highway. Normal flow of the nearby water bodies is disrupted as those are filled with earth cut for building brick fields. Md Munir Chowdhury, director (enforcement) of the DoE, on information, went to the brick fields and handed down the penalty. He also asked the brick field authorities to remove all their structures within the next 10 days.
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