BSS, Dhaka :
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu again Wednesday warned of punitive measures against the owners who would fail to move their tannery to Savar within the stipulated time.
“All the tanneries in city’s Hazaribag would be shut down alongside cancellation of the allotted plots in Savar if the owners fail to relocate their tanneries on time,” he told leaders of different associations related to leather industries during a meeting at his office.
Leaders of the associations feared if all the tanneries and allied industries along with skilled workers and technologists are not moved, countries leather export would be dropped by 40 per cent.
They requested the minister to allocate sufficient space for all the industries related to leather sector.
The industries minister said he will direct BSCIC to initiate necessary measures for land allocation.
Barrister Fazle Nur Tapash, MP, joint-chief of the ministry M Lutfar Rahman Tarafder, convener of the coordination committee of leather industries related associations Abul Kalam Azad and member secretary M Sujaul Karim, among others, were present at the meeting.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu again Wednesday warned of punitive measures against the owners who would fail to move their tannery to Savar within the stipulated time.
“All the tanneries in city’s Hazaribag would be shut down alongside cancellation of the allotted plots in Savar if the owners fail to relocate their tanneries on time,” he told leaders of different associations related to leather industries during a meeting at his office.
Leaders of the associations feared if all the tanneries and allied industries along with skilled workers and technologists are not moved, countries leather export would be dropped by 40 per cent.
They requested the minister to allocate sufficient space for all the industries related to leather sector.
The industries minister said he will direct BSCIC to initiate necessary measures for land allocation.
Barrister Fazle Nur Tapash, MP, joint-chief of the ministry M Lutfar Rahman Tarafder, convener of the coordination committee of leather industries related associations Abul Kalam Azad and member secretary M Sujaul Karim, among others, were present at the meeting.
