A total of 103 out of 245 brick kilns in six districts of Barisal division are operating illegally flouting several notices of Department of Environment.

* A group of contract labourers work to complete the paving of a 2-km kuchcha road running through open fields.

Clay bricks are produced in Rajasthan in small or cottage scale brick kilns and clamps which operate seasonally. The raw materials in the brick kilns include topsoil, coal, paddy husk, fly ash, wood & locally available agro wastes to some extent. Brick manufacturing process generates emissions discharged from the brick kilns.

The High Court on Thursday directed the government to stop operation of 22 brickfields and 20 sawmills adjacent to the reserved forest area in Lohagara upazila of Chittagong in two days.

The state government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that illegal mining in the 2 km radius of the Taloja Jail has been stopped by it.

When two Nagpur-based researchers made a casual visit to a paper recycle mill in 2009, never did they imagine that the visit will turn into a unique innovation and a full-fledged project.

Government today constituted an Empowered Committee to examine the issues related to establishment of un-authorized and illegal stone crushers, brick kilns and other allied establishments, which are hazardous to the environment across the State.

Farmers of Baldhara village in Singair upazila of Manikganj on Sunday staged a demonstration protesting construction of a new brick field at the village.

This report analysis the brick sector in Bangladesh and assesses the feasibility of cleaner alternative technologies. Chapter 1 introduces the rationale and study objectives. An overview of the challenges and opportunities of the brick sector is presented in Chapter 2.

The parliamentary standing committee on Planning Ministry asked the Environment and Forest Ministry to halt establishment of brick-kiln on agriculture land and felling of trees at forest. The committee stressed the need for formulation of a policy for stopping the use of agriculture land for other than crop production purpose.

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