The government should make the central effluent treatment plant at the Savar tannery estate fully functional. This will be the first step towards making the leather sector compliant and boosting export, said Syed Manzur Elahi, founding chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd and Apex Tannery Ltd. “Our first priority should be making the CETP fully functional,” he told a discussion in the capital’s The Daily Star Centre yesterday.