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Savar Leather Industrial Estate

Power outages disrupt production at Savar

Production at Bangladesh’s Savar Tannery Industrial Estate has been disrupted by recurring power outages and severe gas shortages, with tanneries warning that interruptions are affecting machinery and increasing production costs. Read More...

Dhaleshwari River faces mounting pollution threat from Savar

The Dhaleshwari River is facing severe environmental pressure from wastewater discharged by the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate, with concerns growing that pollution problems previously associated with Hazaribagh have been transferred to the river following the leather sector's relocation. Read More...

Government to support Savar CETP and tannery ETPs

Bangladesh’s government has pledged to address deficiencies at the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate while supporting larger tanneries to establish their own effluent treatment plants (ETPs) to improve waste management and leather sector compliance. Read More...