Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said Brick Kiln Tracker will be used to help identify environmental polluters and take appropriate legal action against them.
As a result, it will be easier to stop illegal activities by identifying highly harmful brick kilns on a priority basis, he said.
The environment minister said these in the president's speech at the presentation of the Brick Kiln Tracker prepared to control the pollution of brick kilns in the meeting room of the ministry at the Secretariat, said a press release.
He said that the Brick Kiln Tracker based on IT and remote sensing technology has been developed in a joint venture between the Department of Environment and the National University of Singapore.
He said monitoring and enforcement activities of the Department of Environment will be strengthened with the help of this latest technology trucker with artificial intelligence.
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Secretary of the Ministry Dr. Farhina Ahmed, Additional Secretary (Environment) Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik, Director General of Department of Environment Dr. Abdul Hamid and Professor of National University of Singapore Dr. Martin Mattsson along with senior officials of Ministry and Department of Environment were present in the meeting.