The High Court today directed the government to stop operations of all illegal brick kilns and use of wood as fuels in the brickfields in seven days across the country to check environment pollution.
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Headache called brick kiln
Operating in residential area, adjacent to school
A brick kiln operating at full-throttle near a school in Jalaliya area of Sylhet’s Kamalganj upazila. The kiln has expanded its activities in the area near the school, which has been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: MINTU DESHWARA
A brick kiln is being operated in a residential area and adjacent to a primary school, posing serious health hazards to students and people in Jalalia under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar.
Locals say they have been facing various types of health problems due to the pollution caused by the brick kiln.
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On February 4, 2021 the High Court Division of the Supreme Court issued two new directives in response to a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB). In the new two directives, the Court ordered the Directorate General of Fire Service and Civil Defence to take required steps to spray the roads with water alongside its regular responsibilities. It also ordered Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation to spray the roads as well as the plants on the central reservations and directed Dhaka WASA to supply sufficient water to the city corporations for this purpose.