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NRCC Chairman doubts BSCIC reports on Savar wastewater

Published: July 26, 2022

National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) Chairman Manjur Ahmed Choudhury has expressed his doubts about claims from the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) regarding wastewater treatment quality at the Savar tanning complex.

Seven named Savar tanneries shut down

Published: March 2, 2022

The Department of the Environment (DoE) in Bangladesh has shut down water and electricity supplies to seven tanneries at the Savar tannery complex.

Committee decides that Savar should be shut down

Published: February 11, 2022

A parliamentary standing committee has asked the monitoring and enforcement wing of the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut down the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate according to local media reports.

Covert Chittagong tannery raided and closed down

Published: August 15, 2018

Acting on a tip-off, a team from the local Department of Environment conducted a raid at a tannery unit on August 12. An old tannery in Chittagong has been found to be defying a ban placed on it after it was discovered that it had been making leather covertly.

Tannery fined for pollution

Published: August 5, 2016

A tanner in the Chittagong area of the country has been fined by the local Department of Environment for discharging untreated tannery waste.

Tannery ordered to close and build an ETP

Published: May 18, 2015

Local media is reporting that the authorities in Bangladesh have ordered a tannery to cease production until it builds an effluent treatment plant after it was accused of putting untreated effluent into a canal next to the plant.