Demolition of tilted 7-storey building starts
Monday, 7 June 2010
Demolition of the seven-storey building that tilted on Friday at Begunbari at Tejgaon started on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com
The building's caretaker Akbar Hossain said the building's owner began the dismantling at around 1.0pm.
About seven to eight workers began knocking down the top floor.
He also said, "It will take two to three months to demolish the entire structure."
The building (40/A/7 North Begunbari) had tilted on Friday scaring residents and locals of another imminent collapse.
Following an on-site observation of the tilted building on the day, Dhaka's real estate regulator Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha) threatened to tear down the building if the owner did not start demolition by Monday.
Shafiqul Islam, the officer in charge of Rajuk's Mohakhali zone, told the news agency that they had visited the site on being informed of the start of demolition.
All residents had moved out by Saturday fearing a collapse.
Rajuk hung up a demolition notice on Saturday and the building's electricity connection was snapped.
Mizanur Rahman, assistant police commissioner of Tejgaon Industrial Zone, told the news agency that the police had been deployed around the building at Rajuk's request to avoid any untoward incident.
He also revealed that the building's owner Siraj Miah was in jail.
A total of 25 people died when a five-storey building toppled over and fell on adjacent shanties on Tuesday night in the same area.
Meanwhile, another report adds: Many high rise buildings in Dhaka city are tilting because they were constructed on a weak ground base or on land developed by filling in water bodies, geologists and engineers say.
Constructing buildings without complying with construction regulations or with engineering faults are also responsible for creating panic among Dhaka residents.
The building's caretaker Akbar Hossain said the building's owner began the dismantling at around 1.0pm.
About seven to eight workers began knocking down the top floor.
He also said, "It will take two to three months to demolish the entire structure."
The building (40/A/7 North Begunbari) had tilted on Friday scaring residents and locals of another imminent collapse.
Following an on-site observation of the tilted building on the day, Dhaka's real estate regulator Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha) threatened to tear down the building if the owner did not start demolition by Monday.
Shafiqul Islam, the officer in charge of Rajuk's Mohakhali zone, told the news agency that they had visited the site on being informed of the start of demolition.
All residents had moved out by Saturday fearing a collapse.
Rajuk hung up a demolition notice on Saturday and the building's electricity connection was snapped.
Mizanur Rahman, assistant police commissioner of Tejgaon Industrial Zone, told the news agency that the police had been deployed around the building at Rajuk's request to avoid any untoward incident.
He also revealed that the building's owner Siraj Miah was in jail.
A total of 25 people died when a five-storey building toppled over and fell on adjacent shanties on Tuesday night in the same area.
Meanwhile, another report adds: Many high rise buildings in Dhaka city are tilting because they were constructed on a weak ground base or on land developed by filling in water bodies, geologists and engineers say.
Constructing buildings without complying with construction regulations or with engineering faults are also responsible for creating panic among Dhaka residents.