Builders in Dhaka fined for violating air pollution rules

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conducted two mobile court drives in the Dhanmondi and Badda areas of Dhaka on Thursday to curb air pollution caused by uncovered construction materials.

In Dhanmondi, a mobile court led by Deputy Secretary and Executive Magistrate Siddhartha Shankar Kundu fined a building authority Tk 10,000 for keeping construction materials in the open, violating the Air Pollution (Control) Rules, 2022, said a media release from the ministry on Friday morning.

The building authority was ordered to remove the materials within two hours, with several other institutions being warned, it reads.

Meanwhile, in Aftabnagar, Badda, Senior Assistant Secretary and Executive Magistrate Sadia Islam Luna conducted another court, fining six under-construction sites a total of Tk 35,000 for the same offense and issuing warnings to others.

The ministry vows to continue mobile courts to enforce environmental laws and control air pollution, according to the release.