Environment officials penalised yesterday a textile washing factory in the city's Rupnagar for polluting a water body and three real estate developers for creating noise pollution at their respective construction sites in Banani.
Jeans Culture Ltd, the washing factory, was fined Tk 7.20 lakh, as it was operating keeping the effluent treatment plant (ETP) shut and releasing untreated liquid waste into Rupnagar Jheel, said Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director of the Department of Environment (DoE).
Stern action would be taken against the owner if the factory is ever again found operating without running ETP, he said.
The DoE enforcement team, led by Munir, also fined Rangs Properties Ltd, Sheltech Properties Ltd, and Instar Ltd Tk 1 lakh each for creating noise pollution during piling works at the construction sites of high-rise buildings on Banani Road-11.
An on-the-spot test revealed that the noise level created by the builders exceeds 96 decibels though the environment law permits a tolerable level of 50 decibels in the area.
They were asked to reduce the noise to the tolerable limit immediately.
The DoE team rushed to address the noise pollution on allegation by local residents.
Source : The Daily Star
