Warning to factories


Officers from the Chemistry Department inspecting the air quality around Jalan Platinum, Kampung Pasir Gudang Baru on June 27. ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG/The Star

PASIR GUDANG: The authorities are coming down hard on polluters in Johor and has taken action against 38 factories here for offences under the Environmental Quality Act 1974.

State health, culture and heritage committee chairman Mohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar said the Department of Environment (DOE) had issued 37 compounds, three notices and three warnings to cease operations to the companies in the district.

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