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Launch Accidents

Probe bodies way behind deadline

Pankaj Karmakar
Most of the probe bodies, formed to investigate inland waterway disasters that had happened in last six months, had failed to submit their findings even though a long time had gone by after the deadlines expired.
Such inaction paves the way for perpetrators to escape punishment, observed river transport experts.
After an oil tanker capsized in the Sundarbans on December 9 last year, four probe committees were formed to investigate the matter. Two of the bodies were yet to submit their reports.
The shipping ministry's probe body, led by Joint Secretary Nur-Ur-Rahman, and Department of Shipping's probe body, led by Nautical Surveyor and Examiner Capt Giashuddin Ahmed, were asked to submit their reports by seven and 15 working days after the disaster.
On November 24 last year, passenger vessel MV Shahidut sank in the Sundarbans. Another trawler sank in the Meghna river killing one person.
Two probe bodies, headed by DoS Surveyor and
Examiner ASM Nazmul Haque, got 15 working days to submit their reports, but they failed to do so.
Cargo vessel MV Nafiz sank in the Karnaphuli river near Chittagong Port on November 14. A probe body, led by Emigration and Seaman's Welfare Directorate Assistant Director Jashim Uddin Patwary, was given 15 days for an investigation, but no probe report was submitted.
On November 6, clinker-laden vessel MV Safina-A-Mecca sank in the Bhairab river in Khulna. A probe body, led by Capt Giashuddin Ahmed, was formed a week later.
Giashuddin last week could not say anything about developments in the investigation.
On September 12, another clinkerladen vessel MV Hazera-1 sank in the Pashur river near Mongla Port. A probe body, led by DoS Engineer and Ship Surveyor Moyeenuddin Julfikar, was formed on September 14.
Julfikar said they could not go to Khulna for investigation due to the ongoing blockade, although their 15-day' deadline expired long before the political the blockade began.
On October 22, MCLShindhu sank in the Meghna and Capt Giashuddin Ahmed was asked to submit a report in 15 working days. When asked, the probe body' could not say anything last week.
River transport expert Abdur Rahim said, " Perpetrators hardly bother about these probe bodies because of the delay and it develops a culture of impunity."
In most cases, the probe bodies
could not detect technical faults in the vessels, leaving the root causes of such disasters unaddressed, said Prof Rahim, who used to teach at naval architecture and marine engineering department of Buet.