52-tonne wood seized from Jessore brick kiln
The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive seized 52 tonnes of firewood from a brick kiln in Jessore yesterday.
Use of woods in brick kilns is prohibited, yet owners never stopped the practice in the South Western region, said a DoE official.
DoE's monitoring and enforcement wing conducted the drive led by Mohammed Munir Chowdhury, the wing director, with the help of the DoE officials from Dhaka and Khulna.
The huge pile of logs was recovered from Moon Bricks Ltd at Mohakal in Nawapara in the district.
The tree logs were later handed over to Jessore's forest department, says a press release.
The environmental certificate of the brickfield was cancelled along with a penalty of Tk 3 lakhs. A case was also filed against its owner.
The team, on the same day, also fined three other industries -- RC Cement Industries, Haque Cement Industries and Raju Cotton Refinery -- Tk 11 lakh for polluting air.
Among the three, two industries have been operating without any clearance certificate for long. The team fixed a deadline to set up air filter and dust collector at the industries.
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