The Department of Environment (DoE) and district administrations conducted daylong coordinated mobile court drives across different districts aiming to curb noise, air pollutions, and other environmental violations.
The drives, carried out in Sunamganj, Panchagarh, Dhaka Metropolitan Area, Shariatpur, Narayanganj, Sherpur, and Jhenaidah, resulted in fines, seizures, and legal directives against multiple polluting vehicles, establishments, and activities, a press release said.
In Sunamganj, a mobile court fined five vehicles a total of TK 3,500 for using hydraulic horns in violation of the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2025, on the Sylhet–Sunamganj regional highway. Five hydraulic horns were also seized.
The drive was led by Executive Magistrate Mehedi Hasan Hridoy of the Sunamganj District Administration, with support from Inspector Md. Saiful Islam of the Department of Environment.
Awareness leaflets were distributed among drivers and the public, and stickers were placed on vehicles.
In Panchagarh, a mobile court fined a truck TK 500 for transporting construction materials in an unclean condition and imposed TK 1,000 as fines on two noise-polluting trucks. Four hydraulic horns were seized.
The drive was led by Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate Mohammad Asif Ali, with prosecution conducted by Md. Yusuf Ali, Assistant Director of the DoE.
In Dhaka’s Segunbagicha area, an inspection of the under-construction Ananda Building found that the rod-cutting machine and mixer machine were non-operational, and sand piles were covered with tarpaulin.
A notice was issued to the site representative, instructing future compliance with regulations. The dive was led by DoE Executive Magistrate Faizunnesa Akter.
In Shariatpur, two truck drivers were fined TK 1,000 for using hydraulic horns, and four horns were seized. The drive was led by Executive Magistrate Khaled Mahmud Tamim, with prosecution support from Md. Rasel Noman, Assistant Director of the DoE.
In Narayanganj, the district administration and district police, with approval from the DoE, conducted a joint drive in Fatullah, where an environmentally non-compliant weaving dyeing factory had its electricity connection disconnected. The factory was instructed to obtain an environmental clearance certificate and to construct an ETP and install an ATP.
In Sherpur, two establishments were penalised TK 35,000 and 88 kg of illegal polythene shopping bags were seized during a drive against banned polythene. Executive Magistrate Shubhojyoti Sarkar Born led the operation, with prosecution by Inspector Sushil Kumar Das.
In Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila, a mobile court fined two truck drivers TK 2,000 for using hydraulic horns and seized four horns. In Kaliganj Upazila, a fine of TK 2,000 was penalised for storing construction materials in the open in violation of the Air Pollution (Control) Rules, 2022. Another shopkeeper was fined TK 5,000 for selling banned polythene, and 49 kg of polythene were seized.
According to the DoE, such coordinated enforcement operations will continue in future to prevent environmental pollution, the press release said.
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