UNB, Dhaka :
Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday criticised the government for not taking any step in compliance with a High Court order to make the Old Dhaka safe for people after the Nimtoli fire incident that had claimed the lives of 124 people in 2010.
“After the Nimtoli fire incident nine years ago, the High Court ordered the government to take steps to make the Old Dhaka safe for people. However, we never saw the government to take any step. We only witnessed its silence. Why is this irresponsibility even after such a court order?” he said.
Dr Kamal, also Gono Forum president, was speaking at a civic condolence meeting arranged by his party at the Jatiya Press Club in memory of those killed in Chawkbazar fire on February 20 last.
He said, the country’s 16 crore people want answer why such a fire incident took place and why so many innocent people had to lose their lives without committing any crime.
At least 69 people were killed and 39 others injured after a devastating fire broke out at a chemical warehouse and raged through several nearby buildings at Chawkbazar on February 20.
On June 3, 2010, at least 124 people (117 on the spot, others later at hospitals) were killed in a devastating fire that originated in the Nimtoli area an electrical transformer explosion.
On June 10, 2010, the High Court asked the government probe committee issued a rule asking the authorities to explain as to why they should not be directed to ensure safe and planned development of Old Dhaka and prevent the unauthorised setting up or use of buildings as warehouses and factories and use of flammable or petroleum products.
Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday criticised the government for not taking any step in compliance with a High Court order to make the Old Dhaka safe for people after the Nimtoli fire incident that had claimed the lives of 124 people in 2010.
“After the Nimtoli fire incident nine years ago, the High Court ordered the government to take steps to make the Old Dhaka safe for people. However, we never saw the government to take any step. We only witnessed its silence. Why is this irresponsibility even after such a court order?” he said.
Dr Kamal, also Gono Forum president, was speaking at a civic condolence meeting arranged by his party at the Jatiya Press Club in memory of those killed in Chawkbazar fire on February 20 last.
He said, the country’s 16 crore people want answer why such a fire incident took place and why so many innocent people had to lose their lives without committing any crime.
At least 69 people were killed and 39 others injured after a devastating fire broke out at a chemical warehouse and raged through several nearby buildings at Chawkbazar on February 20.
On June 3, 2010, at least 124 people (117 on the spot, others later at hospitals) were killed in a devastating fire that originated in the Nimtoli area an electrical transformer explosion.
On June 10, 2010, the High Court asked the government probe committee issued a rule asking the authorities to explain as to why they should not be directed to ensure safe and planned development of Old Dhaka and prevent the unauthorised setting up or use of buildings as warehouses and factories and use of flammable or petroleum products.
