Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said that a new law was being formulated to protect trees, which would include special provisions against using nails for advertisements.
She emphasised the need for public cooperation to stop this harmful practice.
鈥極nce the law is enacted, violators will face the music,鈥� she said while inaugurating a tree protection campaign by removing nails from trees on the road adjacent to the south gate of Abahani ground in the capital.
鈥楾rees supply oxygen to the environment, and driving nails into them disrupts their growth, ultimately leading to their death. Such actions harm the environment.鈥�
The adviser urged all to refrain from using fireworks and firecrackers that cause noise and air pollution on New Year鈥檚 Eve.
She added that mobile courts under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change would conduct drives against fireworks Tuesday night to protect public health and biodiversity.
Also, the adviser attended an orientation workshop for executive magistrates involved in mobile court operations. She directed them to take stern measures against those responsible for air pollution.
The events were attended by secretary of the ministry Farhina Ahmed, acting director general of the department of environment Fahmida Khanom, chief conservator of forests Md Amir Hosain Chowdhury along with officials from Dhaka North and South City Corporations, RAJUK, BRTA, and 35 executive magistrates from the DoE and other organisations.