Tag: #BrickKilns
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Bangladesh tears down brick kilns to fight toxic smog
Saturia, Bangladesh, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): Excavators flanked by Bangladesh riot police are at work demolishing illegal soot-belching brick kilns around the smog-choked capital Dhaka, forcing migrant labourers out of work and back to their villages. Every autumn, following the monsoon rains, Dhaka’s brick kilns — which use coal and wood to fire bricks from clay…
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Minister for prompt action against brick kilns
LAHORE, Dec 4 (APP):Provincial Minister for Environment Protection Department Muhammad Rizwan directed to take strict action against brick kilns owners who were violating instructions. He issued instructions to take legal action against brick kilns owners in the province who had not closed their kilns despite orders of the department. The minister also directed the department…
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Smog season: 320 brick kilns closed
MULTAN, Dec 1 (APP): Around 320 brick kilns across the district were closed as preventive measures in line with the control of SMOG. This was stated by Assistant Director Environment DepartmentHameed Akhtar while talking to APP here on Sunday. He said the department was implementing the directions of provincial government in this regard. He said…