Taskforce recommends no more industries in 8 megacities
The government has been asked to relocate all industries responsible for the environment and water pollution and not to allow setting up of any new industry in eight megacities of the country.
"No permission will be given to set up any new industry at eight megacities across the country . . . This would help reduce environment and water pollution," a spokesman of the 'Taskforce to protect rivers’ told BSS after a meeting at the shipping ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka with Shipping Minister Shahajahan Khan in the chair.
The 37th meeting of the "Taskforce to protect river pollution and increasing navigability of rivers surrounding Dhaka and Karnaphuli in Chittagong" also put emphasis on establishing industries at different economic zones to get gas, electricity and other utility services and protect pollution, reports BSS.
The meeting was told that the Industries Ministry in the meantime undertook different steps to ensure fault-free central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar to protect environment and water pollution there.
The Taskforce meeting also decided to conduct drives to evict the illegal occupants of the river Buriganga and eight surveyors were assigned to assist drives in this connection.
"The meeting also suggested for taking proper initiative to shift all religious institutions established on unapproved sites," the spokesman added.
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, Environment and Forest Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, acting secretary of Shipping Ministry M Abdus Samad and senior officials concerned, were, among others present.
