Bangladesh is the world's second largest ship breaker with
around 25% of the world’s recycling capacity and employs over 200,000 people
The
government is set to establish ship recycling board to develop ship building
and shipbreaking industry in the country.
For
making the process faster, a law to set up ship recycling board is in the final
stage of approval of the government, Industries Minister Dilip Barua told at a
function in the capital on Wednesday.
“The
draft of the law has already been prepared based on the views and opinions of
the stakeholders and experts.”
The
minister said the law will be helpful in attaining the target of establishing
green ship building and ship recycling industry through formation of a board.
“We
want green industrilisation with zero risk as well as zero pollution to
translate the vision set in the charter of change into reality,” he said.
The
government has already formulated shipbreaking and ship recycling rules-2011,
he added.
At
present, Bangladesh is the second largest shipbreaker of the world with around
25% of the world’s recycling capacity and the industry employs over 200,000
people, according to the ministry.
Speaking
at a roundtable on “Promoting Sustainable Finance in Ship Recycling Industry in
Bangladesh,” the minister said this event would be able to draw a meaningful
roadmap with a view to establishing desired ship recycling industrial sector in
line with the spirit of National Industrial Policy 2010.
Ship
building, breaking and recycling is a profitable industry in Bangladesh and our
Chittagong shipbreaking zone is becoming the hub of shipbreaking industries
gradually, he said.
He
said ship breaking activities are a source of persistent organic pollutants.
“So, there is environmental concern attached to it. And then there is issue of
safety of people employed in the industry.”
He
said we are giving more thrust on the establishment of knowledge based hi-tech
industries and our vision is to make an industrialised Digital Bangladesh by
2021.
To
materialise our dream into reality, Bangladesh has been pursuing a liberal
investment and industrial policy for foreign investors with huge attractive
incentive package, he said.
Source: Dhaka tribune. 20 June
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