Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule upon the government to explain as to why the failure of the respondents to implement of the 17-point recommendations made by a probe committee after the Nimtoli tragedy should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice F R M Nazmul Ahasan and Justice K M Kamrul Kader passed the order after primary hearing on four writ petitions filed in connection with the Chawkbazar fire.
Secretaries of Cabinet Division, Law, Home, Industries, Power Secretaries, BCIC Chairman and DSCC authorities are asked to comply with the rule within four weeks.
Advocate Z I Khan Panna, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Advocate Eunus Ali Akond, Barrister Riaz Uddin and Barrister Amit Das Gupta appeared in the court on behalf of the writ petitioners, while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam stood for the State.
After the court order, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal said, the court issued a rule on failure of the government to implement the 17-point recommendations of the probe committee of the Nimtoli tragedy.
“The HC wanted to pass order to give Tk 5 lakh to each family of the
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule upon the government to explain as to why the failure of the respondents to implement of the 17-point recommendations made by a probe committee after the Nimtoli tragedy should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice F R M Nazmul Ahasan and Justice K M Kamrul Kader passed the order after primary hearing on four writ petitions filed in connection with the Chawkbazar fire.
Secretaries of Cabinet Division, Law, Home, Industries, Power Secretaries, BCIC Chairman and DSCC authorities are asked to comply with the rule within four weeks.
Advocate Z I Khan Panna, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Advocate Eunus Ali Akond, Barrister Riaz Uddin and Barrister Amit Das Gupta appeared in the court on behalf of the writ petitioners, while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam stood for the State.
After the court order, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal said, the court issued a rule on failure of the government to implement the 17-point recommendations of the probe committee of the Nimtoli tragedy.
“The HC wanted to pass order to give Tk 5 lakh to each family of the
Chawkbazar fire victims. But, Attorney General informed the court that the government has already given Tk 1 lakh to each family of the victims and he will convey the desire of the HC (to give Tk 5 lakh to each family) to the government,” Barrister Kazal said.
After the Nimtoli tragedy in 2010, a probe committee formed by the government had made 17-point recommendations.
It suggested shifting warehouses to nonresidential areas, enforcing Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Rules 2003 and Bangladesh National Building Code, installing separate hydrant points in the city’s different areas, forming a cross-functional licence issuing body and updating school and college textbooks to raise awareness from an early age.
Again a devastating fire broke out at Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area around 10:30 pm on February 20, leaving 67 people dead on the spot.
The victims are mostly pedestrians, people travelling on rickshaws and cars, residents of the buildings as well as owners and staffers of the shops and warehouses at the buildings.
The Chawkbazar fire, which sparked from a chemical warehouse, is the second deadliest chemical-fuelled fire in the country after the Nimtoli incident.
Four separate writ petitions were filed with the HC on February 24 in connection with the Chawkbazar fire, with different prayers including compensation for the victims’ families and punishment for those responsible for the incident.
Advocate Eunus Ali Akond filed one of the writ petitions seeking HC directive on the government to compensate each of the victim families with Tk 30 lakh.
He submitted the petition also seeking HC order on the government to form a judicial inquiry commission to find out the cause behind the fire at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka, to identify those responsible for the blaze and take punitive action against them.
Meanwhile, three other SC lawyers and an Old Dhaka resident have filed three separate writ petitions with the HC in connection with the same incident.
Among them, Advocate Z I Khan Panna, and Barrister Nur Mohammad Azmi, Barrister Khandker Md Sayedul Kawser submitted two separate writ petitions praying to the HC to direct the government to relocate the chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka as per recommendations from the committee formed by the government in 2010 after the Nimtoli tragedy.
Old Dhaka resident Md Zabed Miah submitted a writ petition requesting the HC to issue a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why they should not be directed to remove chemical warehouses and gas cylinders kept for commercial purpose from the area.
After the Nimtoli tragedy in 2010, a probe committee formed by the government had made 17-point recommendations.
It suggested shifting warehouses to nonresidential areas, enforcing Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Rules 2003 and Bangladesh National Building Code, installing separate hydrant points in the city’s different areas, forming a cross-functional licence issuing body and updating school and college textbooks to raise awareness from an early age.
Again a devastating fire broke out at Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area around 10:30 pm on February 20, leaving 67 people dead on the spot.
The victims are mostly pedestrians, people travelling on rickshaws and cars, residents of the buildings as well as owners and staffers of the shops and warehouses at the buildings.
The Chawkbazar fire, which sparked from a chemical warehouse, is the second deadliest chemical-fuelled fire in the country after the Nimtoli incident.
Four separate writ petitions were filed with the HC on February 24 in connection with the Chawkbazar fire, with different prayers including compensation for the victims’ families and punishment for those responsible for the incident.
Advocate Eunus Ali Akond filed one of the writ petitions seeking HC directive on the government to compensate each of the victim families with Tk 30 lakh.
He submitted the petition also seeking HC order on the government to form a judicial inquiry commission to find out the cause behind the fire at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka, to identify those responsible for the blaze and take punitive action against them.
Meanwhile, three other SC lawyers and an Old Dhaka resident have filed three separate writ petitions with the HC in connection with the same incident.
Among them, Advocate Z I Khan Panna, and Barrister Nur Mohammad Azmi, Barrister Khandker Md Sayedul Kawser submitted two separate writ petitions praying to the HC to direct the government to relocate the chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka as per recommendations from the committee formed by the government in 2010 after the Nimtoli tragedy.
Old Dhaka resident Md Zabed Miah submitted a writ petition requesting the HC to issue a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why they should not be directed to remove chemical warehouses and gas cylinders kept for commercial purpose from the area.
