MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the tannery owners to relocate the tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar by 6 April.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order after hearing on a petition filed by tannery owners seeking a stay on the High Court order.
The court also fixed 9 April for hearing petition on the fines the tannery owners were asked to pay for not relocating their factories in time.
The High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by the tannery owners seeking permission to continue their activities at Hazaribagh in the capital until Eid-ul-Azha.
On 2 March, the HC directed 154 Hazaribagh tannery owners to pay Tk 30.65 crore fine for not relocating their factories to the Tannery Estate in Savar within the given time.
On 1 March, the Industries secretary submitted a list of 154 errant tannery owners who hadn’t pay Tk 10,000 fine per day according to the court’s previous directive.