Environment, Forest and Climate Change Affairs Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that a new law is being formulated to protect trees, which will include special provisions against using nails for advertisements.
She also urged everyone to refrain from using fireworks that cause noise and air pollution on New Year’s Eve. She added that mobile courts under the Ministry of Environment will operate tonight to protect public health and biodiversity.
She made these remarks while inaugurating a tree protection campaign by removing nails from trees on the road adjacent to the south gate of Abahani Field in the capital on Tuesday.
The adviser said that trees supply oxygen to the environment, and driving nails into them disrupts their growth, ultimately leading to their death. Such actions harm the environment.
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At another event, the adviser attended an orientation workshop for executive magistrates involved in mobile court operations. She directed them to take stringent measures against those responsible for air pollution.
The events were attended by the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Farhina Ahmed; Acting Director General of the Department of Environment, Dr. Fahmida Khanom; Chief Conservator of Forests, Md. Amir Hossain Chowdhury; along with officials from Dhaka North and South City Corporations, RAJUK, BRTA, and 35 executive magistrates from the Department of Environment and other organizations.