Dinajpur: A mobile court jointly initiated by the Dinajpur district administration, Department of Environment, and RAB-13 in daylong drives fined four brick kilns Taka 14 lakh in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday. The court fined owners of the brick kilns for violating the provisions of the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturing and Kiln Establishment (Control) Act 2013 (Amended-2019).
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the drives were led by an Executive Magistrate of the Dinajpur district administration. Representatives from the Dinajpur District Police, Dinajpur Fire Service and Civil Defense, and the Department of Environment participated in the operations. The mobile court conducted these operations based on information concerning the use of excessive sulfur, coal containing ash and mercury, and the establishment of brick kilns without permits within various areas of the Dinajpur district.
During the drives, the mobile court fined brick kiln owners Md Rashed Taka three lakh, Md Jewel Taka three lakh, Mohsin Ali Taka five lakh, and Dulal Roy Taka three lakh, amounting to a total of Taka 14 lakh.