19 brick kiln owners booked

Eight cases were reported with Shujabad city police station, three with Shujabad Saddar

MULTAN:

Environment department got registered as many as 19 kiln owners for producing bricks through conventional old system during crackdown on Tuesday.

Environment department officials said that cases were registered on report of Deputy Director Zafar Iqbal with different police stations across the district.

Eight cases were registered with Shujabad city police station (PS), three with Shujabad Saddar (PS) and two were filed at Rajaram police station.

Five other cases of similar violation were registered with Jalalpur police station and one with Alapa Multan PS. Moreover, the process of shifting brick kilns on zigzag technology got momentum with each passing day, it was said.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 6^th, 2021.