5 brick kiln owners fined in CTG

Five brick kiln owners in Lohagara
upazila of the district were fined a total of Tk30 lakh during a
mobile court drive conducted by the Department of Environment in different
areas of Charmba Union today (2 April).
Executive
Magistrate Md Rezwan-ul-Islam led the drive. The brick kilns were found to
be violating the Brick Manufacturing and Kiln Establishment (Control) Act,
2013 (Amended 2019).
The owners of the
brick kilns fined were Jasim Uddin, Md Gias Uddin, Nasir Uddin, Mofizur
Rahman, and Nurul Alam Bahadur, each fined Tk6 lakh, totalling Tk30 lakh.
The operation was attended by Deputy
Director Md Mozahidur Rahman, Research Officer Md Ashraf Uddin, Inspector
Muhammad Moinuddin Faisal, and Data Entry Operator Kazi Iftekar Uddin from
the Department of Environment, Chattogram District Office. Members of
Chattogram RAB-07, Ansar, Police, Fire Service, and Civil Defence,
Lohagara Station were also present.
Executive Magistrate
Md Rezwan-ul-Islam stated that the brick kilns were fined for violating
the Brick Manufacturing and Establishment of Kilns(Control) Act, 2013
(amended 2019), by setting up and operating brick kilns.
Similar campaigns
will be conducted in the future in the interest of the public.















