Capital\\\'s faulty structures and Rajuk

The recent disclosure in Parliament about a large number of residential and commercial structures in the capital having been built in violation of the designs and related requirements set by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kortripaksha (Rajiuk) is stunning. It is indicative of a nexus believed to be responsible for the wrongdoing. The disclosure in Parliament that came from a statement by the Works Minister himself during question-answer session contains a long list of such structures, the total number being four thousand ninety seven. These include residential as well as commercial buildings which either deviated from Rajuk's codes in structural design or totally flouted the designs approved by Rajuk. Sixty of such structures/buildings were found to have been built without the approval of Rajuk -- the overseeing authority.
Needless to say, it is Rajuk's poor supervision during construction that triggers the offence in the first place. Secondly, it is the construction companies that take advantage of the absence of supervision to move away from plans approved by Rajuk. Unfortunately, there is a third party -- the buyers of those buildings -- who though not a party to the mischief, eventually pays for the complicity. Rajuk's self-defence in this regard is not beyond the stereotype when it says that dearth of manpower constrains regular inspection and monitoring of construction works. Rajuk also complains that construction companies/developers, after obtaining clearance/approval of building design, do not report progress of works as per prescribed forms supplied to them. Representatives of the association of developers refute the allegation saying that there are many examples of builders complying with the Rajuk procedures, including reporting progress of work. But what the builders, in turn, allege is that occasional inspections by Rajuk are in most cases not followed up by findings intimated to the construction company/s about any fault or lack of compliance with approved design/s. The real drama unfolds much later when the construction company leaves the site and the third part, so long not in the scene, emerges and takes over the ownership by purchase or transfer. It is at that time that Rajuk keeps sending notices to the owners/buyers of the faulty buildings.
In this context, the question one can not avoid asking is whether Rajuk deliberately wants flaws and deviations to take place, only to prevail with strong hands on the owners/buyers who actually had no role to play while the construction was on. In the statement of the Works Minister in Parliament, it transpired that a large number of these faulty buildings are located in residential areas. Now, those who purchased flats in those locations are in a serious trouble. If drastic actions by way of demolition take place, it is none but the buyers who would be the victims of the criminality.
As the overseer and regulator on behalf of the state, Rajuk can not wash its hands off with excuses of dearth of manpower or unwillingness of the construction companies to submit timely reports on construction. The onus is squarely on Rajuk, and it should have the strictest of mechanisms to ensure cent per cent compliance with its building codes by anyone raising a structure within its jurisdiction, the capital Dhaka city.