At the initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Department of Environment (DoE) recently conducted mobile court operations simultaneously across the country to control noise and air pollution.
Significant fines have been collected, hydraulic horns seized, and legal action taken against violators in operations conducted in various districts, including Dhaka, Kurigram, Keraniganj, and Nilphamari.
In a mobile court operation in the Aminbazar area of Savar, nine vehicles were inspected. Five of these vehicles were fined a total of Tk 18,000, and nine horns were seized.
In another operation targeting black smoke emissions in the Kuril Biswa Road Khilkhet area of Dhaka, conducted in cooperation with BRT, a total of Tk 10,000 in fines was collected from five cases under the Environmental Protection Act, 1995 (amended 2010).
A vehicle belonging to Victor Classic Paribahan was sent to a dumping ground for repeating the same offense despite being warned previously.
The DoE has stated that these types of mobile court operations to control noise and air pollution will continue regularly across the country.
