Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khondaker Abdul Muktadir has stated that the government will provide necessary assistance to restart tanneries that have not yet gone into production after relocating to the Savar Tannery Estate. However, no tannery failing to comply with environmental regulations will be allowed to operate.
He made these remarks on Wednesday as the chief guest at an event in a Dhaka hotel. The minister stated that utmost importance is being given to ensuring environmental standards and obtaining international certificates to increase the international competitiveness of the leather industry.
Mentioning the prolonged delay in relocating tanneries from Hazaribagh to Hemayetpur in Savar, he informed that setting up individual Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) will be made mandatory for factories of 50,000 square feet or more, and all tanneries in Savar must acquire LWG certification.
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