The Department of Environment has closed six illegal brick kilns in Savar and fined another kilns Tk 6 lakh after declaring the upazila a ‘degraded airshed’ due to severe air pollution, officials said on Wednesday.
A mobile court led by executive magistrate Md Rezwan-ul-Islam conducted the operation in the Shimulia area of Ashulia on Wednesday morning.
During the drive, the court destroyed raw bricks, dismantled chimneys and severed power connections of those illegal kilns, officials said.
‘Savar has been declared a degraded airshed by the Department of Environment, and we are taking firm action against establishments contributing to air pollution,’ said Rezwan-ul-Islam.
‘This is part of an on-going enforcement campaign, and similar drives will continue across other areas’, he said.
Senior officials, along with a large contingent of police and Rapid Action Battalion members, were deployed to maintain order during the operation, which continued throughout the day.
Earlier on August 19, the government declared Savar upazila in Dhaka a ‘degraded airshed’ and effective from September 1, 2025, banned the operation of all brick kilns except ‘Tunnel Kilns’ and ‘Hybrid Hoffman Kilns’.
