Staff Reporter :
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday ordered the closure of Asian Paper Mills for polluting water of the Halda River by dumping waste in it.
DoE Director Azadur Rahman Mallik passed the order after a hearing on the matter.
A team from the divisional office of the department
visited the mills on August 14 and issued the order to shut it saying that its waste management system was faulty, said the Director.
He said the mills authorities were polluting the river by draining its untreated water into it, the country’s largest fish spawning ground.
The paper mills was declared shut as it violated four conditions, including the construction of an effluent treatment plant (ETP) in their factory.
The paper mills is situated at Nondirhat of Hathazari upazila of the district.
On July 17, the DoE suspended the production of 100 mw Picking Power Plant in Hathazari upazila and fined it Tk 20 lakh on charge of polluting the Halda River by dumping waste.
The DoE passed the order during a hearing on allegations of polluting the river by dumping wastes.
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday ordered the closure of Asian Paper Mills for polluting water of the Halda River by dumping waste in it.
DoE Director Azadur Rahman Mallik passed the order after a hearing on the matter.
A team from the divisional office of the department
visited the mills on August 14 and issued the order to shut it saying that its waste management system was faulty, said the Director.
He said the mills authorities were polluting the river by draining its untreated water into it, the country’s largest fish spawning ground.
The paper mills was declared shut as it violated four conditions, including the construction of an effluent treatment plant (ETP) in their factory.
The paper mills is situated at Nondirhat of Hathazari upazila of the district.
On July 17, the DoE suspended the production of 100 mw Picking Power Plant in Hathazari upazila and fined it Tk 20 lakh on charge of polluting the Halda River by dumping waste.
The DoE passed the order during a hearing on allegations of polluting the river by dumping wastes.
