190 factories 'threat' to Sundarbans.

The earth service has recognized 190 ventures and industrial facilities inside 10 kilometers of the Sundarbans, which was pronounced a biologically basic territory in 1999. Among these, 24 businesses and processing plants are under the red class and the rest are under the orange classification.

Agent Attorney General Motahar Hossain Saju yesterday presented the rundown of 190 enterprises and manufacturing plants to the High Court in accordance with a past court arrange.

In the wake of getting the administration report, a seat of Justices Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Md.

Ashraful Kamal settled May 9 for hearing the issue.

As per the rundown, all the 190 businesses and processing plants that were representing a risk to the biggest mangrove woodland on the planet were situated in Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira zones of the Sundarbans. Among them, 92 were in Khulna, 78 in Bagerhat, and 20 in Satkhira.

The report said among the 190 units, 36 industrial facilities have quit working, while 154 are working going full speed ahead.

The ventures and processing plants recognized under the red class incorporate Meghna Cement Mills Ltd, Holcim Cement Mills Ltd, Mongla Cement Mills Ltd, Sundarban Industrial Complex Ltd,

Pes Tobacco Industries Ltd, WCL Ltd, Ta and Pa Engineering Ltd, Omera Petroleum Ltd, Dubai Bangladesh Cement Mills Ltd, Petredec Elpiji Ltd, Navana CNG Ltd, Mongla Oil Institution, Teledata Marine Solution Ltd, SKS LPG Ltd, Petromax Refinery Ltd, United Refinery, Decan LPG Ltd, Sundarban Pipyard Ltd and Sub-marine Pipyard Ltd.

The HC seat said these 24 ventures and manufacturing plants must be moved out from inside 10-km of the Sundarbans region as nature and timberland service had announced the mangrove woods as a held region and encompassing regions as biologically basic on August 30, 1999.

"We will pass a request subsequent to holding a hearing on the issue generally," the HC seat said.

The appointee lawyer general educated the court that these ventures and manufacturing plants had been working there for long subsequent to taking freedom endorsements from the legislature. Saju, in any case, included that these red businesses couldn't be named unsafe before fruition of the hearing on the issue. In the wake of taking master sentiments, the HC seat would pass its request, he noted.

Lawyer Shaikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain, the applicant's guidance, revealed to The Independent that the earth and woodland service had issued a paper warning on August 30, 1999 proclaiming the 10 km zone encompassing the Sundarbans as environmentally basic. Along these lines, none of the foundation could remain inside the biologically basic region and there was no chance to get for the 24 red classification to work in the territory, he included.

Hossain, be that as it may, included that the court would decide if the businesses and industrial facilities could remain there after the hearing on May 9.

On August 24 a year ago, the HC had requested the administration not to support any new production line or modern unit inside a 10 km span of the Sundarbans.

It additionally looked for a nitty gritty rundown of ventures and industrial facilities set up inside the 10 km sweep of the mangrove backwoods that is considered as an environmentally basic territory. It had requested that the administration present the rundown inside a half year.

The HC seat additionally issued a manage asking the legislature to clarify for what reason its endorsement to set up businesses and plants inside the 10km zone of the Sundarbans ought not be proclaimed illicit.

It likewise asked the administration to clarify for what valid reason it ought not be coordinated to evacuate the ventures and plants that were at that point set up there.