No Environmental Clearance
DoE fines high-rise owner Tk 21 lakh
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined the owner of a 12-storey commercial building near the capital's Mirpur-10 roundabout Tk 21 lakh for constructing the building without environmental clearance.
Construction of the building, Shah Ali Plaza, began in 2000 on a 30-katha plot, initially a residential one under National Housing Authority but granted commercial use status by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in 1995.
The DoE enforcement team barred the building's authorities from constructing two more floors, stating that a DoE clearance was required, says a DoE press release.
Such tall commercial buildings are required to have independent sewer treatment plants, green spaces, car park bays and rain water harvesting provisions, none of which was in the building's layout plan, said DoE Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury.
The building's Manager Abu Bakar Siddique said, “We planned to obtain the clearance after the construction because none, including the project's consultant, pointed out that such clearance was required.”
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