The Department of Environment (DoE) recently conducted a special enforcement drive in Savar Upazila to curb air pollution and implement the degraded air shed declaration, shutting down several illegal brick kilns and realizing fines amounting to TK 18 lakh.
the operation was carried out jointly by the DoE’s Dhaka District Office and the Monitoring and Enforcement Wing of its Headquarters. During the drive, the Messrs ABM and Co. brick kiln at Mushurikhola under Tetuljhora union in Savar was found operating illegally. The team demolished its chimney, crushed unbaked bricks, disconnected the power supply, and fined the owner TK 600,000 on the spot.
in similar drives, two more kilns-ABN Bricks at Shyamlasi in Bhakurta union and HMB Star Bricks at Chapra-were also found operating illegally. Their chimneys were dismantled; operations stopped, and fined TK 600,000 each. Another kiln, Messrs MHS Bricks, located in Chapra, was also demolished, its operations halted, and its power supply disconnected.