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The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) yesterday called upon the government to take appropriate measures to relocate all illegal chemical warehouses and hazardous industrial establishments from Old Dhaka and other residential areas to safe locations within a fixed timeframe.

It also urged the government to establish planned Chemical Storage Zones or Chemical Villages to prevent future disasters.

The demands were made at a seminar titled “Nimtoli Tragedy: When Will Negligence-Induced Killings End?”, organised by BAPA at the Jatiya Press Club to mark Nimtoli Tragedy Day.

BAPA President Prof Dr Nur Mohammad Talukdar chaired the event while its General Secretary Md Alamgir Kabir moderated it. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam attended as the chief guest, while Md Saleh Uddin, deputy director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence, was special guest.

Abdus Salam stressed greater public awareness and strict enforcement of the Bangladesh National Building Code.

Prof Talukdar said the concentration of chemical establishments along the Buriganga and Dhaleshwari rivers has intensified pollution amid weak He called

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