The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined the Ibn Sina Pharmaceutical Industries Limited for operating a manufacturing facility without its clearance for the last 18 years.
The department's Director (Enforcement) Mohammad Muneer Chowdhury slapped the penalty after a hearing on Sunday, a DoE statement said.
The fine was collected from Managing Director of the facility Abu Naser Mohammad Abduz Jahed, it further said.
"The operation of such a large manufacturing facility illegally for 18 years is an unprecedented violation of the environmental laws," Muneer Chowdhury said adding that they have taken the 'exemplary step' to ensure that the law is abided to everywhere.
The step came after the DoE discovered the illegal operation in a recent raid on the facility located in Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The factory officials allegedly did not cooperate with the DoE on the matter on that day and the MD on Sunday apologised to the DoE Director in writing for that.
"The factory authorities have been told to submit without delay all records of their production plan and waste management," the DoE official added.
The company's General Manager and Secretary Mohammad Shaheed Farouqee, Plant Manager Rafiqul Haque, Quality Control Manager Abdul Khaleque and Manager (Engineering) Momtajul Karim represented the company at the hearing.
They apologised for building and operating the plant without clearance for so long, the statement added.
The facility built over 13 acres of land had been producing drugs including antibiotics, anti-histamines, anti-ulcerants and anti-paretics.
"The DoE does not want destruction of any organisation but it wants environment-friendly management alongside investment and employment," the DoE Director said.
He added there was no more scope to neglect the environment during investment and that it should get the highest priority.
The department's Director (Enforcement) Mohammad Muneer Chowdhury slapped the penalty after a hearing on Sunday, a DoE statement said.
The fine was collected from Managing Director of the facility Abu Naser Mohammad Abduz Jahed, it further said.
"The operation of such a large manufacturing facility illegally for 18 years is an unprecedented violation of the environmental laws," Muneer Chowdhury said adding that they have taken the 'exemplary step' to ensure that the law is abided to everywhere.
The step came after the DoE discovered the illegal operation in a recent raid on the facility located in Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The factory officials allegedly did not cooperate with the DoE on the matter on that day and the MD on Sunday apologised to the DoE Director in writing for that.
"The factory authorities have been told to submit without delay all records of their production plan and waste management," the DoE official added.
The company's General Manager and Secretary Mohammad Shaheed Farouqee, Plant Manager Rafiqul Haque, Quality Control Manager Abdul Khaleque and Manager (Engineering) Momtajul Karim represented the company at the hearing.
They apologised for building and operating the plant without clearance for so long, the statement added.
The facility built over 13 acres of land had been producing drugs including antibiotics, anti-histamines, anti-ulcerants and anti-paretics.
"The DoE does not want destruction of any organisation but it wants environment-friendly management alongside investment and employment," the DoE Director said.
He added there was no more scope to neglect the environment during investment and that it should get the highest priority.
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