Our mission is to create a better living place for next generation. We are really encouraged with the ongoing approach of the interim government, especially the DoE of Bangladesh Govt. for its initiative to save planet. Today, we would like to draw your attention to the following:

As you are well aware, brick is a basic construction material. But very unfortunately, still we are manufacturing clay bricks by burning our topsoil, which is a very limited and valuable resources for food security. For its production, we are burning tons of woods, cutting trees – the best friend of our environment. The process emits CO₂ that is responsible for global warming. It is not technology based rather weather dependent. The production method is not only environmentally harmful but also outdated and weather-dependent. We must urgently transition away from this practice. We appreciate the government’s strategic plan to stop clay brick production by 2027.

As an alternative, there is a proven technology: the concrete block technology – that uses cement, sand and stone dust as raw materials, all of which are easily available in our country. This technology has been approved by HBRI. And number of plants already set up.

For your information, there are more than 10,000 brickfields running in our country, all of which should be substituted by concrete block technology. At present the market demand is 30-35 billion bricks per annum. So, it’s a huge market.

To capture this market, you can set up an eco-friendly concrete block plant which will use river bed sand, use solar energy, save top soil, no burning, no emission- sustainable and compliant factory. It may be small scale to large scale factory having capacity of producing different types of blocks required for building, road, river protection block etc. 

Engr. Md. Shahjahan Alam

B. Sc. Engg. (Mech/BUET), MBA, M.Sc. in Env. Sci. 

FIEB/11322, RAJUK Registered. LEED Green Associate

Chairman, AXIS Energy Ltd.