A Correspondent :
Chattogram Environment Department has asked the authorities of Map Paper and Board Mill to temporarily shut down their mill in a bid to prevent pollution in the Halda River.
M Azadur Rahman Mallik, Director of Chattogram Metropolitan Office of Environment Department confirmed the news to the journalists on Sunday. According to Environment Department sources, Map Paper and Board Mill located in Oxygen area had earlier been fined several times for not having Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and disposing wastages into Halda River.