Building collapse
Building collapse has regularly been taking place in Bangladesh and causing lots of casualties, like the one at Savar on 11 April 2005. It is interesting to see some common developments immediately after this type of incidents i.e. formation of an investigation committee. But the efficiency of these committees is always questionable. Things are going wrong in many areas. Most importantly, we need rules, regulations and their strong enforcement to guide such building constructions at the very beginning. For the existing ones, authorities should identify those buildings that are in very bad condition and take appropriate measures to demolish them with proper compensation. Instead of blaming the garment factory owners as responsible for the incidents, the authorities should take appropriate measures so that we do not lose any more lives in future.
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