Staff Reporter :
The probe committee, formed to investigate the under-construction flyover’s girder fall in the city’s Uttara Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has found Chinese company ‘China Gezhouba Group Corporation’ responsible for the tragic accident that killed five people in a private car.
Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Department ABM Amin Ullah Noori revealed the findings of the report submitted by the investigation committee in the Secretariat on Sunday.
A six-member probe committee has also recommended to the government to bring the Chinese company under the law of the country for trial.
As per the probe committee report, the Chinese company did not take any measure to ensure safety and control traffic during installation the girder of
the project on the Dhaka’s busiest airport road. The report identified 12 reasons for the accident. The reasons include working on government holiday without prior permission, moving girder in daytime, operating the crane with a helper, the crane did not have a license, placing the crane on uneven ground, there was no emergency management plan and digital display of the project work.
The committee has also made a set of recommendations including carrying forward the project work by ensuring security as per the contract that signed prior beginning the project work.
It has also suggested that in implementing the project work, traffic management plan should have to be drawn and coordination among the engineer, consultant, police, City Corporation and other stakeholders be ensured.
The committee recommended that the authorities concerned should have to bear the cost of the deceased and injured persons in the accident.
Earlier, the preliminary probe into the accident also revealed the negligence of the Chinese company ‘China Gezhouba Group Corporation’.
On 15 August, five members of a family were killed as a 50-60 tonnes girder of BRT-3 Elevated Expressway fell on their car, smashing it to the ground, on the Uttara’s Jasimuddin Road in the capital.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges formed a six-member committee headed by Additional Secretary Nilima Akhter to investigate the tragic accident.
The committee submitted its report to the Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Department ABM Amin Ullah Noori on 1 September.
