Save the Environment Movement on Saturday urged the government to take stern actions against the tanners who failed to relocate their units from Hazaribagh to Savar within the stipulated time. The organisation general secretary, Abdus Sobhan, in a press conference at its office in the capital also called on the administration to disconnect the electricity connection and gas and water supply to the tannery units at Hazaribagh in the capital and impose heavy fine on them immediately. Sobhan said the tanners have been polluting water of the River Buriganga and its surrounding environment for around 65 years. They were simultaneously violating laws of the land and flouting the court’s order and the government’s decision by dillydallying relocation of their units, he said in a press release issued on Saturday. ‘We are not only frustrated but also angered by the tanners who are yet to relocate their units,’ Sobhan added. Among others, the movement leaders Tarik Hasan Mithu, Atik Morshed and Nazrul Islam attended the conference, said the press release.
