HC issues rule for Tk 50m compensation

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule upon the concerned bodies of the government to explain as to why they should not be directed to compensate Tk 50 million to the family of five people who were crushed to death when a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on their car in Dhaka's Uttara.
Secretary of Road Transport and
Highways Department, Chairman and Managing Director of BRT Company, Project Director of the project and Coordinator of the contracting firm China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) have been asked to comply with the rule.
At the same time, the BRT project authorities has been asked to give a report within 60 days about the measures taken by them for the safety of the people in the development project area in the last 5 years.
The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed seeking compensation for the victim family.
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