Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- The government is all set to upgrade the effluent treatment plant (ETP) as well as the solid waste management (SWM) system at the Savar Tannery Estate involving the private sector.

After a bitter experience of over a decade regarding poor management of the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) by the state-run Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC), the government has moved to implement a project styled 'Rectification and Upgradation of CETP and Establishment of SWM at BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate, Dhaka under PPP Model', according to industries ministry.

The 'BSIC Leather Industrial City Dhaka' (known as Savar Tannery Estate) project was implemented from January 2003 to June 2021 at Tk 10.15 ...