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Demolition of tilted bldg begins at Kanthalbagan

November 12, 2010 00:00:00


Demolition of the tilted building at Kanthalbagan has begun three days after it fell on another 16-storey building to its east, reports bdnews24.com.
The ground floor of the seven-storey building collapsed around 11pm Sunday. No casualties were reported. Residents of the building and the adjacent buildings left their houses in panic.
An expert team of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) launched the demolition experimentally around 5:15pm Thursday and broke down a part of the roof.
A team member, Prof Syed Ishtiak Ahmed, said, "We have started to demolish it with the help of a shaker machine."
Rajuk filed the case against the developer and the landowner with Kalabagan Police Station Monday noon. It said they had built it in violation of the building construction rules and regulations of Rajuk.

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