, Dec. 16 -- The Department of Environment (DoE) has carried out a coordinated nationwide enforcement drive against air pollution, illegal brick kilns, the use of banned polythene and industrial units operating without environmental clearance.

During the drives on Monday, mobile courts imposed fines, shut down several illegal brick kilns, destroyed around 1.5 million raw bricks, seized banned polythene and disconnected electricity, gas and water connections of polluting industrial units, the DoE said.

In the capital, mobile courts were conducted at Shantinagar intersection, Ramna, Rampura and Merul Badda under the leadership of Sidhartha Shankar Kundu, Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Execut...