FAISALABAD: The Environment Protection Department sealed boilers of two factories and imposed a fine of Rs400,000 on their owners on the charge of violating the Punjab Environmental Protection (Smog Prevention and Control) Rules.
Deputy Director Environment Johar Abbas Randhawa said here on Sunday that environment teams checked various factories and found a sizing unit at Chak No.66-JB Dhandra and a paper and board mills situated at Jaranwala Road in Chak No.216-RB involved in burning prohibited materials in their boilers and polluting the environment.
Therefore, the environment teams sealed the premises of the boilers and imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on the owner of the sizing unit and Rs.300,000 on the owner of the paper and board mills, he added.