Nearly Tk 20 Crore Fines, 462 Brick Kilns Shut Down in Anti-Pollution Mobile Court Drives
Under the special initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, the Department of Environment conducted nationwide mobile court drives from 2 January to 9 March 2025. A total of 598 mobile court operations were carried out during this period.
The drives targeted vehicles emitting excessive black smoke, illegal polluting brick kilns, steel mills, noise pollution, hazardous waste disposal, lead/battery recycling factories, wetland encroachment, tire pyrolysis plants, charcoal factories, and air pollution caused by construction materials left in open spaces.
During these operations, 1thousand 363 cases were filed, and fines amounting to Tk 19 decimal 79 crore were collected. Additionally, 305 brick kiln chimneys were demolished, completely shutting down their oper...