DoE fines dyeing factory Tk 21 lakh
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory Tk 21 lakh for running the factory by violating DoE orders.
The dyeing factory, Pacific Fiber Corporation, was also asked to stop its operation, says a DoE release.
The factory owner in a written statement informed the DoE on January this year that he stopped production as it had no effluent treatment plant (ETP). But an enforcement team led by Deputy Director of DoE Abdullah Hakkani in a sudden visit yesterday found that the factory was running.
The factory has been polluting the river Turag since 2006 by discharging untreated dyeing waste.
The DoE summoned the management of the factory and after hearing DoE Director (enforcement) Mohammad Munir Chowdhury awarded the fine to the factory.
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