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DoE 'Meet the People'

Complainants get no remedial steps

Staff Correspondent
It was the fourth time AK Azad came to the monthly meeting of the Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday to report a violation of Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act (Amendment) 2010 in his locality in Thakurgaon's Pirganj upazila.
But history repeated itself for he left disappointed, with only the monotonous assurance that "steps would be taken".
The issue was the establishment of a poultry feed factory, which, falling under the act's Orange B category and as per its Section 7 (II), cannot be situated in a residential area.
The "Miraj Poultry Feed" factory owner Rezaul Karim even hired a vehicle to bring to the factory DoE (Rangpur) acting deputy director Osman Gani, based on whose report the factory was issued an
environment clearance certificate, said Azad.
He informed the DoE's 53rd "Meet the People" programme at its Agargaon office in the capital that he had complained six months ago when the construction began beside Shaheed Oddhapok Golam Mostafa Road but to no effect as the operations had started last month.
"Our house, adjacent to the factory, vibrates whenever they run the machines and their generator makes an awful noise. Moreover, the feed's raw materials spread an unbearable stench round-the-clock and generate dust," he said.
The complaint details were in the minutes of the 52nd meeting which registered another objection of one Dwijen Sarker, a resident of Chandpur's Kamrangi Bazar in Chanderbagh.
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Talking to The Daily Star over phone, he informed of a brick kiln, Mahsin Brick Field, situated less than 100 meters from the residential area of his locality, whose owner mysteriously had an environment clearance certificate.
Bangladesh Brick Kilns Control Act, 2006 prohibits setting up of brick kilns within three kilometres of residential areas.
DoE acting director general Md Sahjahan said gen-
erally they took measures in most cases. "We have a shortage of manpower. So it is hard to take instant measures."
When asked for details of the measures, he promptly referred The Daily Star to a DoE staff who could not immediately produce those.
People have been coming to the "Meet the People" programme on the second Thursday of every month since 2008 seeking effective measures from the DoE.