Mahmud urges brickfield owners
State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday called upon the brickfield owners to use environment friendly technology in manufacturing bricks to save the country’s environment.
“It is not possible for the government alone to reduce the environmental pollution and needs your cooperation to do so,” he said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a workshop as the chief guest at Cirdap in the city.
The ministry and Department of Environment jointly organised the programme to encourage brickfield owners to adopt modern brick kiln technology.
Different aspects of environment friendly technologies including Hybrid Hoffman Kiln, Jig Jag Kiln and Vertical Kiln were presented at the workshop.
Hasan said the government would give clearance certificates from now on to owners who set up environment friendly technologies at brickfields.
Mentioning the gazette notification that was circulated on September 20, he said, “The owners will have to transform their brick kiln with modern technology within two years from the circulation date. Those who have already got clearance certificates may renew it after one year.”
President of Brickfield Owners Association Mijanur Rahman Babul urged the state minister to extend the deadline to three years.
He also sought low rate credit facility from the government for the setting up of such brick kilns.
Monwar Islam, director general of DoE and Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder, secretary of the ministry, addressed the programme.
