UNB, Gazipur :
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday fined five washing and dyeing factories in the district Tk 34 lakh for polluting water of the Turag River.
After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in the capital, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir slapped the fine on Syntech Finishing Mills, Jeans Collection, Laundry Gate, Unique Textile Mills and Safe Fashions Ltd situated in Tongi industrial area of the city.
The factories were fined for operating without environment clearance certificates and effluent
treatment plants, causing huge damage to the water and biodiversity of the river. The Turag has been declared as an environmentally critically area by the government as per the environment law.
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday fined five washing and dyeing factories in the district Tk 34 lakh for polluting water of the Turag River.
After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in the capital, its director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir slapped the fine on Syntech Finishing Mills, Jeans Collection, Laundry Gate, Unique Textile Mills and Safe Fashions Ltd situated in Tongi industrial area of the city.
The factories were fined for operating without environment clearance certificates and effluent
treatment plants, causing huge damage to the water and biodiversity of the river. The Turag has been declared as an environmentally critically area by the government as per the environment law.
