City Desk :
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said about 78 percent of the 100-day priority action plan of his ministry has been implemented so far.
Among the 28 priorities announced for institutional capacity building, pollution control, waste management, environment, forest, environment and biodiversity conservation and combating climate change, 22 have been fully implemented, while four partially,” he told a press briefing at Bangladesh Secretariat, reports BSS.
The minister said if the partial implementation is taken into consideration, the execution rate will be 85 percent. Despite taking initiatives, two priorities set in the action plan were not implemented yet, but work continues to accomplish those, he added.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change arranged the press briefing to share the progress of its 100-day priority action plan.
Environment Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed, Additional Secretary (Administration) Iqbal Abdullah Harun, Additional Secretary (Environment) Dr Fahmida Khanom, Additional Secretary (Pollution Control) Tapan Kumar Biswas, Director General of Department of Environment (DoE) Dr Abdul Hamid and Deputy Chief Conservator of Forest Gobinda Roy were, among others, present.
Saber Hossain said various effective initiatives have been taken to update the organogram (manpower structure) of his ministry and its departments and other entities to increase their institutional capacity.
Effective monitoring system has been initiated through artificial intelligence and smart technology to this end, he added.
He said drives were conducted in 581 brick kilns across the country to check air pollution, while initiatives have been taken to update the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2006.