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500 at DU still in nightmare of building collapse
***Resident students live in dilapidated dormitory at
Jagannath Hall marked 'risky1 two years ago***
Around 500 resident students are living in the dilapidated East Building of Dhaka University's Jagannath Hall risking their life as the authorities are sitting on experts' suggestion for relocation and demolition of the building.
A joint team comprising earthquake experts from Buet, geologists and engineers from Dhaka University made a vulnerability assessment of the building known as ‘Purba Bari' in 2006 and the building was found risky for living.
Prof Mehedi Ahmed Ansary, external civil engineering expen in the assessment team from Buet, said, "We clearly asked Dhaka University authorities to demolish the building around two years back"
Soil condition and construction of the four-storey building constructed in the early 1970s is very poor and it is vulnerable to even a moderate earthquake, according to Prof Ansary, who is secretary general of Bangladesh Earthquake Society' and Coordinator of National Centre for Earthquake Engineering.
Thirty-nine students of the same dormitory died in a building collapse on October 15,1985.
Prof AFM Yusuf Haidar, pro vice-chancellor of the university, said, "We could not relocate the students as
we do not have any alternative accommodation."
Residents of the building said in despair that the university authorities are dilly-dallying with their relocation to a safer place.
"The university authorities could relocate the students much earlier had they meant it," said Bhaskar Saha, a 4th-year student of Applied Physics Department. "They wanted us to move to hall canteen or other buildings to share floor with those already there. But how can a senior student stay and study in such a condition?"
He said during the last two years several students were injured after they jumped off the building in fear when minor tremor occurred.
The authorities agreed with the general students in a recent meeting that they would build makeshift structure around the dormitory's playground but they have not kept the word, said Partha Mondal, a year student of English Department.
Niloy Sarker, a student of Marketing Department said, "The authorities began construction of a new building six months back when they became sure of the risk."
The 5-storey building with 10-storey foundation will be built at a cost ofTkl6 crore. The new building is expected to be complete by 2009, said hall provost Prof
Ajay Kumar Das
Md Amir Hossain, Dhaka University chief engineer, said though the vulnerability assessment was made quite a long back, it took them time to make plan and arrange money from the government for a new building.
Asked why they did not take initiative for an alternative arrangement for the students immediately after the assessment report, he said, “Attempts for alternative arrangements have been made but it has not been possible to relocate so many students."
Prof Kajal Krishana Banarjee, senior house tutor of Jagannath Hall, said, “It is true that the students will remain at risk until they are shifted to new building.”
Prof Ajay said they could not shift the students as there is no ready arrangement to accommodate 500 students with other buildings of the dormitory already crammed with one and a half times more students than the capacity.
“There could have been an alternative arrangement in the playground," he said.
The students said that Gymnasium playground, Mohsin Hall playground and Jahurul Haq Hall playground all belong to the university. Jagannath Hall playground is regularly rented out to different organisations.
Prof Ajay said the hail authorities are erecting a tin-shed makeshift dwelling for 60 to 100 students to the north of the pond.
Following a similar vulnerability assessment by a joint team in last authorities took a moHMa relocate 120 female M dents from dilapidate* I ionours Bhaban of Hall and 200 students from the middle block of Mohsin Hall in apprehension of disaster.
Prof Ahmed Jamal Anwar, provost of Mohsin Hall, said they are building two tin-sheds with 125 seats on the north side of the Hall 's playground to accommodate all 200 students from the hall's vulnerable floor. It will take one and a half months to complete.
Out of three blocks of the hall, the middle one is more vulnerable, he said. Room numbers 228-239, 328-339, 428-439, 528-539 and 628-639 of Mohsin Hall have been identified as risky for living. Authorities have undertaken a Tk 2-crore project to strengthen the entire 6-storey dormitory.
Prof Laila Noor Islam, provost of Rokeya Hall, said they have transferred stu-dents from now-abandoned Honours Building to Fayzunnesa Hall and other buildings of Rokeya Hall. The assessment team declared the building extremely vulnerable.'