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Major Decisions taken by
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Bangladesh in
the field of Environment Sector
The present Government has
proved itself as an environment friendly one through
undertaking various programmes toward upholding and
conserving the environment. The ban on the use, production
and marketing of polyethylene shopping bags is considered as
a historic step in this regard which has been implemented
from 2002. The people from all walks of life have given over
whelming support to implement this ground breaking steps. It
was not possible without the massive support of mass media
and people. It is considered to be a historic step of the
present government. The world community has praised this
success of the Bangladesh and now many countries are taking
initiatives to ban the production and use of polythene
shopping bags following the steps of Bangladesh.
The present government has also formulated some action plan
discussing with the various stakeholders of the society to
control vehicular air pollution and improvement of transport
system. For example, The Environment Conservation Rules 1997
has been amended and under this amended rules, use of
Catalytic Converter and Diesel Particulate Filter for Petrol
and Diesel driven vehicles respectively has been made
mandatory. Ministry of Communication has taken a step to a
total ban on plying of two strokes three wheelers in Dhaka
City from January 2003. Moreover, a ban has been imposed on
plying in Dhaka City from 1 January 2002 of Bus, Minibus,
Microbus, Taxi older than 20 years and Truck, Mini truck,
Tank lorry, Van older than 25 years. Moreover, introduction
of four-stroke CNG run-auto-richshaws, use of low sulfur
content coal as fuel and installing chimney with the height
of 120ft in the brick kilns and promoting the manufacture of
concrete block brick prove the noble intention of present
government. To preserve the ecological balance of hilly
areas of the country, the government has taken various
regulatory and non-regulatory measures to curb
indiscriminate hill cutting. Besides all these, the
government is considering some other important issues like
wetland conservation, electricity generation and manure
production from municipal wastes, making rivers pollution
free, making ship breaking activities environment friendly,
etc. Some of these issues are already in implementation.
Present democratic government strongly believes that
environmental pollution of the country can be reduced
greatly if the programs are supported by the mass people. In
true sense, common people are very much aware of
environmental issues. So, people are extending their whole
hearted support towards people oriented environmental
initiatives undertaken by this government.
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