Dhaka’s noise pollution three times more than tolerable level: Environment minister
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Noise pollution in Dhaka city is currently three times more than tolerable level and as a result around half a crore people are at health risk, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin said at a programme today.
He also said, necessary steps will be taken to enact new laws by amending the existing one in order to keep the silent zones declared in the nine city corporation areas free from noise pollution.
The minister was speaking from his residence in the capital at a virtual workshop organised by the Department of Environment on the occasion of International Noise Awareness Day-2021.
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Published: 28 Apr 2021 09:29 PM BdST
Updated: 28 Apr 2021 09:29 PM BdST
Erfan Selim, son of MP Haji Mohammad Selim, has been released from jail after he secured bail in all cases against him. );
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Erfan, who was sacked as the councillor of a ward under Dhaka South City Corporation after “assaulting” a navy officer, was arrested on various charges on Oct 25 last year.
Subhas Ghose, superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail in Kerainganj, said they released Erfan on Wednesday afternoon.
Erfan’s aide Mohiuddin Ahmed Belal said Erfan first visited the grave of his mother Gulshan Ara, who died while he was in jail.
Chemical Warehouses in Old Dhaka
Chemical Warehouse: Relocation may be delayed further
27th April, 2021 10:44:55
From Nimtoli in 2010 to Armanitola in 2021, fire tragedies caused by hazardous chemicals took more than 200 lives in the last 11 years in Old Dhaka but the chemical warehouses are yet to be shifted from the crowded part of the city.
The government promised to shift the warehouses by June 2022 but now officials concerned are saying that it might take longer as the work of the chemical village project in Munshiganj could not make expected progress.
The chemical village project was supposed to be completed in June 2022 but with only one year in hand, only one-third of the project has been completed.
Chemical warehouses: Old Dhakaites still living with ticking time bombs
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26th April, 2021 03:53:26
In Old Dhaka, known for its food, centuries-old buildings and narrow alleys, people are living with “bombs” in the form of hundreds of chemical warehouses that pepper this historic neighbourhood.
Fires at such godowns, which lack safety measures, have killed scores over the years. Eleven years after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the relocation of the warehouses following the death of about 100 people in Nimtoli fire, they are yet to be shifted largely because of vehement opposition by traders.
Another 78 lives were lost in the infamous Chawkbazar fire but the tragic deaths did not bring about any change.