Business Reporter :
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEZA) has set up a Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at its Comilla Export Processing Zone (Comilla EPZ) with a view to ensure environment-friendly industrial operation there.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the CETP on May 25, Monday. With establishing CETP in Comilla EPZ, a total of three EPZs of BEPZA came under effluent treatment plant facilities, which hopefully will expedite the activities of BEPZA with green concept exercise.
Earlier, BEPZA had established CETP in Dhaka and Chittagong Export Processing Zones respectively.
Sources from BEPZA said that positive experience from CETPs in Dhaka and Chittagong EPZs have prompted BEPZA to establish effluent treatment plant at Comilla EPZ.
BEZA has established CETPs at three EPZs as part of its move to operate industrial activities in an environment-friendly manner, It will also go forward in establishing effluent treatment plants in other EPZs soon, he said.
According to information, BEZA, the monitoring body of the country’s Export Processing Zones (EPZs) have asked the investors to establish domestic effluent treatment plants in the industrial units so that high standard in production can be maintained through treating the wastes in friendlier ways.
The effluent treatment plant has been set up in Comilla EPZ spending Tk 38.50 crore, sources said. It was learnt that the owners of the industrial unit would have to pay charge for their wastes, which will be processed by the CETP. It was learnt that each industrial unit will have a digital meter to estimate how much wastes were gone to plant for processing and they will pay charge as per the volume of the wastes.
Md. Abdus Sobhan, General Manager (in charge) of Comilla EPZ while talking to daily New Nation said that the CETP would help the EPZ grow in environment-friendly manner both for the workers and for the surroundings as well.
Comilla EPZ sources said that there are 37 industrial units in operation in 239 industrial plots at the Comilla EPZ while 15 industrial units are under implementation. The industrial units include garments, garment accessories, leather goods, yarn and fabrics.
This is the third CETP that BEZA has established in EPZ considering the environmental concern, based on the necessity.
Besides, BEPZA has been playing a vital role for the creation of employment opportunity and side-by-side attraction of local and foreign currency earning, foreign investment, diversification of goods and export, transfer of technology and contribution of national export by establishing EPZs in 8 regions of the country.
