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Business, protection of environment equally important
Ship-breaking: Still considered a hazardous polluter The Daily Star June 30, 2012 It was audacious, but at the same time a logical sequel of irregularities by government officials, to see major business leaders of the steel mills, re-rolling mills, plastic factories and brickfields demanding that they be relieved from being penalized for polluting the environment.…
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Save Savar from further environmental degradation
L-R: Brickfields in Ashulia burn firewood and emit carbon in the air. Discharge from industrial establishment at Bank Town polluting adjacent waterbody. Click for more photos The daily Star May 26, 2012 Environment Probir Kumar Sarker Over the recent years, Savar is experiencing immense pressure of new industrial, commercial and residential establishments. But most of…
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A Brick Wall in Change
[slideshow] Click to read the story on Star magazine Watching the chimneys at the brickfields on the outskirts of the capital that exhaust mainly black smoke gives a common impression — “it doesn’t matter”. These furnaces have been set up almost every corner of Dhaka – along the highways and the rivers surrounding the mega…
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Making brick kilns emission efficient
Published on The Daily Star on Saturday The authorities concerned put the blame for being unable to efficiently prevent the kilns from emitting black smoke and violating other environmental rules on local influential and dishonest brick field owners. Despite the existence of laws, many of around 1,100 brickfields across the country are still operating in…
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Checking Air Pollution: Enforcement of rules imperative
Read the original article on The Daily Star In its latest move against air pollution, the government is setting up six air-quality monitoring centres at different places of the country including Dhaka to better identify the extent of toxicity–the key reason behind respiratory illnesses and chronic bronchitis. Officials at the Continuous Air Monitoring Stations (CAMS)…
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