One never used its ETP, another does not have wastewater tank
The Department of Environment in a drive fined two factories Tk 77 lakh yesterday for discharging untreated liquid waste in canals flowing to the Meghna river.
Sycotex Dyeing, an export-oriented textile mill, had set up an effluent treatment plant but never used it. The mill continued discharging untreated liquid waste in a nearby canal that flows to the Meghna river.
The mill has so far emptied nearly 250,000 cubic metres of untreated liquid waste in the river, according to an estimation of a mobile team of the department.
Adhunik Paper Mill in the same area released liquid waste in a nearby canal and had not constructed a waste water tank in violation of the conditions of the environmental clearance certificate.
Moreover, the mill set up another unit without permission from the Department of Environment.
Both the factories had been warned that their gas, electricity and water supply would be disconnected unless they stop polluting immediately and comply with the environmental rules and regulations.
Sycotex Dyeing was fined Tk 67 lakh and Adhunik Paper Mill Tk 10 lakh during the drive led by Mohammed Munir Chowdhury, director of enforcement and monitoring unit of the department.
Image (above) Caption: A mill discharges untreated toxic liquid into a Munsiganj canal that flows directly to the River Meghna. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo Courtesy: Department of Environment
