DoE fines textile factory Tk 29 lakh in Dhamrai
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a textile mill Tk 29 lakhs in Dhamrai on the outskirts of the capital for polluting river Bangshai with untreated chemical effluent.
An enforcement team of the DoE found that the effluent treatment plant of "The Immaculate Textile Ltd" was grossly defective and unable to treat the waste matter of the factory, said a DoE press release.
The factory has been releasing untreated effluents into the river through a concealed bypass drain, said DoE Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury who handed down the penalty and ordered to seal the factory off.
An instant examination revealed that the untreated liquid effluent contained no dissolved oxygen though required level is 4.5 to 8 milligrams per litre, he said.
Such effluent is deadly for aquatic life and overall environment, he said adding that the factory has released nine crore litres of liquid effluent into the river in past one year.
The factory's managing director Kazi Iftekhar Ahmed made a formal pledge to the DoE to rectify the factory's fault within a month, said Munir.
Contacted, Iftekhar Ahmed said there was no bypass drain of the factory for releasing liquid effluent. But it had drain to discharge other waste water.
He, however, admitted that required oxygen kevel was not present in the effluent and that he gave an undertaking to resolve the problem.
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