Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan has directed all relevant agencies to jointly launch coordinated operations to tackle air pollution across Bangladesh.

Speaking at an emergency coordination meeting held on Sunday at the Water Development Board headquarters, the advisor announced that the Department of Environment, the city corporations, BRTA and RAJUK, among others, will jointly participate in enforcement drives against air pollution in the capital.

"No illegal brick kilns will be allowed to operate in the degraded airshed zone of Savar," she said, adding that the authorities concerned had already been instructed to take necessary action.

She also stressed that building construction and renovation must be conduc...