Hazaribagh Filthier

No, the pollution in Hazaribagh has not even slowed down. It has become worse. Even though the government has constructed a central effluent treatment plant at the new tannery industrial zone in Savar, only a few tanners have completed the work of their factory buildings there. The apex court has fixed Tk 10,000 a day as fine for each tanner's delay to move out of Hazaribagh and yet it seems the tanners would not move to Savar anytime soon. Tanners bought and stored raw hides at their Hazaribagh factories during the Eid-ul-Azha. Visiting the industrial area on Wednesday, it was seen that the entire Hazaribagh area was processing raw hides in full swing. And the situation in Hazaribagh remains as filthy as before.

Photo: Anisur Rahman