Risky buildings: The main issue
Monday, 29 November 2010
There are, according to available reports, about five thousand building structures which have been identified by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakha (Rajuk), the city development authority, as highly risky in Dhaka city. The RAJUK can be blamed umpteenth times for its lack of supervision that leads to construction of risky buildings like the one that was found tilting in an area of the city recently. But RAJUK can get back at the critics by establishing irrefutably how its lack of manpower and budget creates real handicaps for it in doing its supervision or demolition works.
The main issue is the very poor and uncaring state of the mentality of a class of people who build recklessly the risky buildings. They are the ones who need to be educated about their irresponsibilities and their sins. A vigorous publicity campaign should be launched and sustained to sensitize these people about the risks they have brought on themselves and many others from their utmost carefree activities.
There are possibilities that in the cases of the five thousand identified risky buildings, the owners, on their part, can themselves undertake some measures to reduce such risks. RAJUK may assist them in their initiatives. Perhaps a publicly-operated fund may also be set up from which the owners of risky buildings can take loans at a somewhat lower rate of interest to demolish and rebuild their risky structures by carrying out all measures to ensure the safety and durability of their buildings.
Mahfuzur Rahman (Khokan)
Lalmatia
Dhaka
The main issue is the very poor and uncaring state of the mentality of a class of people who build recklessly the risky buildings. They are the ones who need to be educated about their irresponsibilities and their sins. A vigorous publicity campaign should be launched and sustained to sensitize these people about the risks they have brought on themselves and many others from their utmost carefree activities.
There are possibilities that in the cases of the five thousand identified risky buildings, the owners, on their part, can themselves undertake some measures to reduce such risks. RAJUK may assist them in their initiatives. Perhaps a publicly-operated fund may also be set up from which the owners of risky buildings can take loans at a somewhat lower rate of interest to demolish and rebuild their risky structures by carrying out all measures to ensure the safety and durability of their buildings.
Mahfuzur Rahman (Khokan)
Lalmatia
Dhaka