KAWKHALI, PIROJPUR, Nov 11: A mobile court in Kawkhali Upazila of the district on Friday seized 282 kilograms of polythene and fined three traders a total of Tk 19,000.
The operation led by Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Sudipta Debnath was conducted in the morning.
The environmental enforcement drive was conducted with the assistance of Assistant Director of District Department of Environment Nikhil Chandra Dhali along with members of law enforcement agencies.
Magistrate Sudipta Debnath stated that fines were imposed under the Environmental Conservation Act for the use and sale of banned polythene.
The penalised traders are Shah Alam, who was fined Tk 15,000 while Shahadat Hossain, fined Tk 3,000, and Walid, fined Tk 1,000.