Kazi Zahidul Hasan :
Leaders of leather industry have urged the government to give them three more months to relocate their factories from the capital’s Hazaribagh area to Savar raising the issue of processing of rawhides of sacrificial animals.
“We have sought the time for collection, preservation and processing of rawhides to be collected during Eid-ul-Azha,” Shaheen Ahmed, Chairman of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) told The New Nation yesterday
He said, “We have requested the government to allow us processing rawhides in our existing units at Hazaribagh, as the Leather Industrial Park in Savar is yet to get ready fully for processing rawhides.”
Tanners used to procure bulk quantity of rawhide and skin during the Eid-ul-Azha as the festival meets up more than 50 per cent of demand of raw hides for leather industries.
“As the processing of rawhides of sacrificial animals would require three
months time, shifting of our industrial units to Savar would be delayed,” said Shaheen Ahmed.
“We have already placed the issue to the Ministries concerned for their kind consideration,” said the BTA leader adding that if they are not allowed to do so, it will leave a serious adverse impact on their business as well as leather and leather goods exports.
When asked, Shaheen Ahmed said, “We are ready to shift our industrial units to Savar. A good number of factories have already been shifted there. More than 50 factories will also be shifted to Savar after the Eid”.
“We will able to relocate all the factories by December this year,” he added. “We have sought three more months for relocating tanneries considering the interest of leather industry,” Mohiuddin Ahmed Mahi, Chairman of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters’ Association, told The New Nation yesterday.
He said, the leather industry of Bangladesh largely depends on rawhide collected during Eid-ul-Azha. The industry would be affected if the tanners are not allowed to process rawhides of sacrificial animals at their existing units at Hazaribagh.
“We have already discussed the issue with concerned Ministries. We requested them to consider our plea taking account into the overall situation of the industry,” he added.
Over the last one decade, the tanners had missed more than a dozen deadlines for shifting their factories to Savar Tannery Industrial Park. Even, they are yet to complete construction of their factory buildings there.
The last deadline set by the government for relocation expired on March 31 this year.
The tanneries in Hazaribagh area release thousands of litres of untreated waste and toxic chemicals to the Buriganga River everyday, causing damage to Dhaka’s environment.
Leaders of leather industry have urged the government to give them three more months to relocate their factories from the capital’s Hazaribagh area to Savar raising the issue of processing of rawhides of sacrificial animals.
“We have sought the time for collection, preservation and processing of rawhides to be collected during Eid-ul-Azha,” Shaheen Ahmed, Chairman of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) told The New Nation yesterday
He said, “We have requested the government to allow us processing rawhides in our existing units at Hazaribagh, as the Leather Industrial Park in Savar is yet to get ready fully for processing rawhides.”
Tanners used to procure bulk quantity of rawhide and skin during the Eid-ul-Azha as the festival meets up more than 50 per cent of demand of raw hides for leather industries.
“As the processing of rawhides of sacrificial animals would require three
months time, shifting of our industrial units to Savar would be delayed,” said Shaheen Ahmed.
“We have already placed the issue to the Ministries concerned for their kind consideration,” said the BTA leader adding that if they are not allowed to do so, it will leave a serious adverse impact on their business as well as leather and leather goods exports.
When asked, Shaheen Ahmed said, “We are ready to shift our industrial units to Savar. A good number of factories have already been shifted there. More than 50 factories will also be shifted to Savar after the Eid”.
“We will able to relocate all the factories by December this year,” he added. “We have sought three more months for relocating tanneries considering the interest of leather industry,” Mohiuddin Ahmed Mahi, Chairman of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters’ Association, told The New Nation yesterday.
He said, the leather industry of Bangladesh largely depends on rawhide collected during Eid-ul-Azha. The industry would be affected if the tanners are not allowed to process rawhides of sacrificial animals at their existing units at Hazaribagh.
“We have already discussed the issue with concerned Ministries. We requested them to consider our plea taking account into the overall situation of the industry,” he added.
Over the last one decade, the tanners had missed more than a dozen deadlines for shifting their factories to Savar Tannery Industrial Park. Even, they are yet to complete construction of their factory buildings there.
The last deadline set by the government for relocation expired on March 31 this year.
The tanneries in Hazaribagh area release thousands of litres of untreated waste and toxic chemicals to the Buriganga River everyday, causing damage to Dhaka’s environment.
