A mobile court has fined the owners of two brick kilns in Singair, Manikganj, a total of Tk 4 lakh for breaking the Brick Manufacturing and Kiln Establishment (Control) Act, 2013.
The mobile court imposed the fines in separate drives in the upazila’s Baira and Baldhara unions on Sunday (15 November).
The owners of two kilns, M/s Awal Bricks-1 and M/s Awal Bricks-3, were fined Tk 2 lakh each, Tk 4 lakh in total.
The mobile court was led by Khairunnahar, Singair upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and executive magistrate.
According to the drive, evidence of various irregularities and breaches of the law was found at the two kilns. The owners were fined because they had no permission to collect soil for brick-making, did not follow the set brick size and had no environmental clearance.
UNO Khairunnahar, who presided over the mobile court, said: “There is no room to run a brick kiln in defiance of the law. Everyone involved must follow the law in force.”
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