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Leather-sector leaders Sunday urged the government to make the central effluent-treatment plant (CETP) functional to facilitate their business that holds huge export potential.
Leaders of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leathergoods and Footwear Exporters' Association (BFLLFEA) made the request at a meeting with finance adviser of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed at his secretariat office in the capital.
"Our demand is fix CETP. We are suffering because of government inaction," BFLLFEA adviser M A Rashid Bhuiyan told newsmen after the meeting.
He said during the shifting the tannery business from Hazaribag to Savar, the industrialists were told that all infrastructures were ready. "But it was an utter lie."
He said in the meeting with the finance adviser they elaborately explained the problems facing the factory owners in Savar Tannery Industrial Estate.
The adviser assured them of resolving the problems, Mr Bhuiyan said.
Association chairman Mohiuddin Ahmed Mahin said factories in Savar tannery estate are 100-percent export-oriented.
The government gave them licence for exporting, but due to incomplete CETP, the factory owners are forced to sell goods in China at lower prices than the international-market rates.
The finance adviser told newsmen that he heard the problems of the factory owners and will take necessary actions to resolve them.
"The leather sector has a great opportunity in the export diversification. But they have many problems," he said, adding that resolving their problems will also help fisheries and livestock secretors.
Former BFLLFEA chairman Syed Nasim Manzur attended the meeting, among others.