In a drive in Kandapara area, a mobile court fined four brick kilns Tk 22 lakh and bulldozed over 200 kilns on Sunday for operating without permission.
The mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Md Maksudul Islam of Department of Environment (DoE), conducted the drive in South Keraniganj’s Kandapara area on Sunday at 11am and fined four brick kilns for operating illegally.
Brick kiln owners Abul Kashem, Ataur Rahman and Sujon Mia were fined Tk 6 lakh each while Siraj Mia was fined Tk 4 lakh by the mobile court.
Additionally, 200 brick kilns out of 250 in Keraniganj were bulldozed during the drive as they were operating without permission of DoE.
“The brick kilns were fined as they operated within one kilometre of locality, school and colleges without any clearance from DoE. The brick kilns were evicted so they cannot resume operation later,” said Md Maksudul Islam.