Process begins to demolish tilted building in Ctg
Process for demolishing a five-storey building, which tilted at Enayetbazar-Gowalpara area in Chattogram city last night, started today.
Around 9:00pm yesterday, police
evacuated all residents of the building owned by one Kartik Ghosh.
The building is being demolished
by the owner, reports our Chattogram correspondent.
Initially, the doors and windows
are being removed, said Nezam Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police
Station.
After visiting the building,
Chattogram Development Authority's (CDA) Chief Town Planner Shahinul Islam Khan
told The Daily Star that the five-storey building was constructed violating the
plan approved by the authority.
"We approved the plan in
1996 but it was built around five years later," he said, adding,
"There are faults in the design."
Asked, why CDA did not monitor
whether the building was constructed violating the approved design, Shahinul
said CDA approves plans of 2,500 structures in a year with condition of
building those within three years from the date of approval.
"It is not possible for us
to follow a party for three years," Shahin said.
"At present, CDA has 4.5
lakhs of approved structures," he said. "Is it possible (for us) to
monitor all those?" he asked.
Asked, whether legal action
would be taken against the owner of tilted building, he answered in the
positive.