As many as seven tanneries were shut at Savar’s Tannery Industrial Estate by the Department of Environment (DoE) recently for polluting the Dhaleshwari River by discharging untreated liquid effluents.
The seven tanneries that have been shut are Bangla Tan Leather Product Ltd., Feni Leather Ltd., Citi Leather, Yousuf Brothers Tanneries Pvt Ltd., Sathi Leather Ltd., Great Eastern Tannery Pvt Ltd. and Pubali Tannery Ltd.
According to reports, the monitoring and enforcement cell of DoE head office and its Dhaka district office jointly conducted an enforcement drive at Savar’s Tannery Industrial Estate, underlined a press release issued by the concerned department in this regard while adding electricity and water supplies to the tannery units have also been cut during the drive, which was, reportedly, led by Executive Magistrate Ali Rajib Mahmud Mithun.
