Responding to a High Court order, the Department of Environment (DoE) on Saturday started disconnecting utility services, including gas, power and water supply lines, to the tanneries in the city's Hazaribagh area.

Five DoE teams started their drives around 9:00am, said Hazaribagh Police Station Officer-in-charge Mir Alimuzzaman, reports UNB.

Earlier on March 6, the High Court directed the government to immediately shut down the Hazaribagh tanneries and disconnect all of their utility services, including gas line, power and water, as they missed several deadlines to relocate their factories to Savar.