16 vehicles and 12 companies have been fined a total of Tk 436,000 for air and noise pollution in six areas in Dhaka. The Department of Environment and Dhaka District Administration conducted this operation on Monday.

According to a press release of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the operation was conducted in Savar, Sabuj Bagh, Mirpur, Bhatara, Lalbagh and Shanir Akhra areas of Dhaka.

According to the notification, a total of Tk 150,000 fine was collected from two contractor companies named National Development Engineering and Bismillah Stone Engineering due to air pollution by leaving the construction materials open in Hemayetpur area of Savar.

A total fine of Tk 1 lakh 45 thousand was collected from four companies due to air pollution by leaving the construction materials open in Bhatara and Beraid areas. And in Sabuj Bagh area, a total fine of 65 thousand taka was levied from four institutions for the same complaint.

16 vehicles and 12 companies have been fined a total of Tk 436,000 for air and noise pollution in six areas in Dhaka. The Department of Environment and Dhaka District Administration conducted this operation on Monday.

According to a press release of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the operation was conducted in Savar, Sabuj Bagh, Mirpur, Bhatara, Lalbagh and Shanir Akhra areas of Dhaka.

According to the notification, a total of Tk 150,000 fine was collected from two contractor companies named National Development Engineering and Bismillah Stone Engineering due to air pollution by leaving the construction materials open in Hemayetpur area of Savar.

A total fine of Tk 1 lakh 45 thousand was collected from four companies due to air pollution by leaving the construction materials open in Bhatara and Beraid areas. And in Sabuj Bagh area, a total fine of 65 thousand taka was levied from four institutions for the same complaint.

A total of 50 thousand rupees was collected from the owners of 14 vehicles due to air pollution caused by black smoke of vehicles in Mirpur embankment area. Two vehicles were fined Rs 1,000 for noise pollution in Shanir Akhara area. In Lalbagh area, a company was fined Tk 10,000 for air pollution by leaving construction materials open and Tk 10,000 for excessive noise from generators.

According to global organizations including Air Visual, the world’s air quality monitoring organization, Dhaka has become the most polluted city in the last two years. Dhaka’s air was dangerous and inclement throughout most of last January.

For so long, there has been concern about particulate matter in Dhaka’s air. Adding to the concern was the presence of heavy metals. The researchers were calling the air of Dhaka dangerous by measuring those particles which are very harmful to the human body. This time researchers have found the existence of toxic microscopic plastic particles or micro plastic in the air of Dhaka.

Those particles are entering the body with the breath of Dhaka residents. Doctors fear that cancer and respiratory diseases will not go away even with medicine. As a result, public health experts have emphasized its source control.