HC orders adequate construction site safety

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take adequate safety measures at the construction site of the Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover within 15 days to avoid accidents.

The court also issued a rule upon the authorities to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give appropriate compensation to the family of Rabbi Ahmed Emon, a construction worker who died after an iron rod fell on his head from the under construction flyover, on March 16.

The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath gave the order and rule following a writ petition by the Supreme Court Lawyer Amit Das Gupta.

The court said the construction works of the flyover and its inauguration will not be stopped in any manner.

Amit Das Gupta, whose private car was also damaged when a stone fell on it on March 12, submitted the petition on March 17 seeking necessary orders from the HC in this regard.

Secretary to Local Government Rural Development, chief engineer of Local Government Engineering Division, deputy commissioner of Dhaka, commissioner of Dhaka  Metropolitan Police, project manager of the flyover and managing director of Toma construction, which is constructing the flyover, have been made respondents to the rule and order, the lawyer told The Daily Star.