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DoE fines 42 units for polluting Buriganga

Tuesday, 18 February 2014


Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined 42 dyeing and washing factories in Dhaka district Tk 12.6 million (1.26 crore) for polluting the water of the Buriganga river. After a hearing at DoE's Dhaka headquarters, its director fined the factories for operating without effluent treatment plants (ETPs).    — UNB