SARGODHA:The Environment Protection Department (EPD) sealed nine brick-kilns for polluting the environment, here on Saturday.
According to the spokesman, a team of the EPD conducted raids at various areas of the district and found nine kilns were being run without zigzag technology.
The team sealed the kilns and registered cases against the owners — Abdul Rehman, Malik Mudassar, Nazakat Hussain, Chaudhry Arif, Muhammad Iqbal, Rana Nawab, Muhammad Javaid, Maher Hassan and Maher Mumtaz.