The Department of Environment (DoE) has ?ned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Tk 9.6 lakh for illegally cutting a hill in Chattogram’s Jamalkhan area.
the penalty was imposed recently following a hearing at the DoE’s Chattogram Metropolitan of?ce.
the order was issued by Sonia Sultana, director of the department.
according to DoE of?cials, an investigation team visited the site on February 22 following allegations of hill cutting at a location known as ‘Joy Pahar.’ During the inspection, of?cials found evidence that approximately 9,600 cubic feet of hill soil had been removed. Md Muktadir Hasan, assistant director of the DoE’s Chattogram Metropolitan of?ce, said BPC was constructing a rest house on the hill and had removed soil to build a retaining wall at its slope.
after the evidence was established, BPC of?cials were summoned for a hearing.
two representatives of the agency attended and admitted to the hill cutting, Muktadir added.