The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory in Kashimpur under Gazipur Tk 13.44 lakh for releasing untreated chemical effluents into the Turag river.
A DoE team, led by director (Enforcement) Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, in a drive on June 16 found the Cotton Club (BD) Ltd's effluent treatment plant (ETP) totally closed, according to a DoE press release.
The DoE officials tested liquid effluent of the factory on the spot and found the level of dissolved oxygen in it was far lower than the standard level.
The enforcement team also found that a total of seven metric tonnes of knit fabrics are dyed at the factory every day.
The factory officials confessed to polluting the river by releasing untreated toxic chemical effluents, said the press release.
The team penalised yesterday its officials for destroying environment and ecology of the Turag river.
The DoE officials set July 31 as the deadline for the factory to install a functional ETP. Otherwise, utility connections to it will be snapped, said the release.
Source : The Daily Star
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