The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a washing factory and a food shop for polluting environment in the capital's Uttara area.
A DoE team in a drive fined Intraco Washing Plant Tk 12.48 lakh for dumping untreated chemical waste into a nearby canal through drains.
Intraco Design Ltd, a garment factory, set up the washing plant in Dakshin Khan residential area in Uttara without the department's clearance, said DoE Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury.
It has been running without any effluent treatment plant, he said.
The factory owner has been asked to remove the unauthorised washing plant from the residential area within a month.
The team also fined Captain's World, a food shop, Tk 30,000 for causing noise pollution with electric generators beyond permissible level in sector-4 of Uttara.
The noise levels of the shop's two generators were found at 97 and 85 decibels while the permissible level is 70 decibels, said Munir.
The shop owner has been directed to keep the noise level within the permissible level.
Source : The Daily Star
