The operation to rescue the 11 men trapped in Rangs building in the capital is set to start today.

The men were trapped there by Saturday’s partial collapse of’the building, leading to tire confirmed deaths of four of them.

Restless relatives of the trapped demolition workers were seen waiting outside tire building yesterday, desperate for news of the trapped men who could not escape the collapse of the building which was being demolished.

Bodies of the four dead could be seen trapped under the debris on the seventh floor, where they had been taking naps in between their work shifts at the time of the collapse. Rajuk engineers told journalists that 120 demolition workers from three construction companies and 50 Rajuk workers along with firefighters will carry out the rescue operation in two shifts starting in the morning with an aim of finishing the job by tonight.

IXventy Rajuk engineers will be supervising the rescue effort.

The demolition workers in the rescue team will install 8.000 steel rods, serving as supports to hold up the precarious structure, allowing the firefighters to go in(o (he building without risking another collapse.

Rajuk however did not announce the rescue plan formally.

Meanwhile, relatives of the trapped men still remain in the dark about the fate of (heir loved ones and have been waiting in front ofthe buildingsince Sunday.

One of the bodies, to be formally identified, is of Amirul, whose father Nozla Akhand has been waiting outside the building after making a long trip from Gaibandha to the capital two days ago.

"I am not going to leave this place until I receive my son’s body," said Akhand, whose son’s body has been hanging off the seventh floor.

Asked to comment on the government compensation of Tk 1 lakh for losing his son, Akhand replied, "I don't want the money I just want my son to get a proper burial."

The names of the other 10 trapped men are Jahid, Kaizad, Del war, Farid, Amin Khan, Mannan, Rahim, Dawood, Ziru, and Farid. They all hail from Modhukhali in Faridpur.