Five Brick Kilns Fined a Total of Tk 19.5 Lakh in Joint Drive in Pabna Sadar

A joint drive at five brick kilns in the Banglabazar Launchghat area of Pabna Sadar upazila has collected fines totalling Tk 19 lakh 50 thousand. The judiciary and the Department of Environment carried out the drive on Friday afternoon.

The drive was led by Pabna Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Shihab Uddin and Yusuf Ali, assistant director of the Department of Environment in Pabna. Members of the police, SRB and Fire Service assisted in the operation.

The fines were imposed for extracting soil without approval and for using wood to burn bricks. Each of the five kilns was fined a separate amount for these irregularities.

Badsha Ahmed's ARB brick kiln was fined Tk 4 lakh. Manju Pramanik's Seven Star brick kiln was fined Tk 4 lakh 50 thousand.

Gautam Ghosh's A&B brick kiln was fined Tk 4 lakh. Saiful Islam's A&A brick kiln was fined Tk 3 lakh and Abdul Khalek's MHK brick kiln was fined Tk 4 lakh.

Together, the fines imposed on the five brick kilns amount to Tk 19 lakh 50 thousand, which was collected during the drive.