Gazipur dyeing factory fined
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory at Gazipur Tk 1.10 crore for dumping untreated chemical wastes into the river Turag and surrounding areas.
It also requested the Board of Investment to cancel registration of the dyeing factory, Life Textile Ltd and two others -- Wakafi Knit Fabrics Ltd and Nightingale Fashions Ltd.
The DoE also asked Bangladesh Bank, Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, Krishi Bank and Jamuna Bank to stop loan facility to these factories.
A DoE team, while conducting a drive on Tuesday, found Life Textile Ltd had been running its operation without environment clearance certificate and Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).
It summoned the factory authority at its office and handed down the punishment.
In last six years, the factory had dumped 3.5 cubic metres of untreated chemical wastes in nearby areas.
On March 2007, the DoE served a notice on it to stop its operation as the factory was polluting environment. But it ignored the order.
It also imposed a fine of Tk 1.08 crore on three knitting and garments factories in Konabari area of Gazipur -- Wakafi Knit Fabrics Ltd, Nightingale Fashions Ltd and Fashion Design Ltd-- for polluting environment.
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