& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

HC directive sought to equip fire service adequately

Staff Correspondent
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) yesterday seeking the court's order for the government to equip the fire service of the country adequately to ensure safety in high-rise buildings in case of fire incidents.
The petition also sought a direction upon the director
essor of Dhaka University.FROM PAGE 1
general of the fire service to prepare a list of equipment necessary to fight fires in such buildings and submit it to the HC.
Three Supreme Court (SC) lawyers filed the petition as a public interest litigation (PIL) on behalf of tire Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) organisation, following the massive fire at Bashundhara City Complex in the capital city on Friday.
They challenged the government's 'inaction' in arranging fire-fighting equipment necessary to save the lives of people as well as property.
The petitioners are Asaduzzaman Siddique, Sarwar Ahad Chowdhury and Md Aklas Uddin Bhuiyan.
Home secretary, finance secretary, food and disaster management secretary and director general and director of the Fire Service have been made respondents in the petition.
The petitioners stated, quoting some news items published in the daily newspapers, that due to absence of such equipment to fight fires, authorities—failed to control the fire at Bashundhara shopping complex's upper levels from the 14th floor to 20th floor.
Consequently seven people died and property worth millions of taka was destroyed.
The petition also stated that a few years ago a fire at the Ntv Bahaban at Karwan Bazar caused huge damage and at that time also the fire service authority did not have sufficient equipment to reach the top storeys of the building.
The authorities concerned are not aware of the problem and have limitations in terms of manpower and fire fighting equipment, it said, adding that under these circumstances it is very important to arrange sufficient fire fighting equipment for the fire service.
After hearing a brief submission from the petitioners' counsel Manzill Murshid, the HC bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Md Abdul Hye fixed Sunday next for further hearing of the petition.