4 brick kilns in Gazipur fined Tk 20 lakh by DoE
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A mobile court of Department of Environment (DoE) today fined four brick kilns Tk 20 lakh for environment pollution in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.
DoE Deputy Director Abdus Salam confirmed that Kazi Tamjeed Ahmed, executive magistrate of DoE s Monitoring and Enforcement led the mobile court.
The action has been taken against the authorities of four brick kilns as they established the brick fields illegally near crop fields violating the environment act.
Of them, Farukh Traders was fined Tk 4 lakh, Bhuiyan Trading Corporation fined Tk 4 lakh, Hasen Ali and Company fined Tk 6 lakh, and RF Bricks fined Tk 6 lakh.