Speakers at a meeting proposed to set up a 'Leather Industry Authority' under the Industries Ministry in order to develop the leather industry and solve the existing problems in the sector.
The proposal was come at the 4th meeting of the 'Task Force on Recommendation for Development of Leather Industry and Formulation of Action Plan' at the Industries Ministry conference room in the city on Thursday, said a press release.
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun presided over the meeting while Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin, State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder, Industries Secretary Zakia Sultana, among others, were present. Mentioning that leather industry is a big industry and Bangladesh should find new markets abroad, he urged the leather traders to enhance their efforts to expand their business.
He informed that the government will provide necesary supports in
this regard. Although the tannery factories have been shifted from Hazaribagh to the unfinished leather industrial city, he said, work of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and other components are not yet completed.
In this situation, environmental clearance has been issued in favor of some tanneries, but now it is being delayed to renew the environmental clearance, he added.
