Part of under-construction building collapses
A portion of the first floor of the under-construction Navana Zohura Square building that collapsed at Bangla Motor in the city yesterday morning.Photo: STAR
A portion of the first floor of the under-construction Navana Zohura Square building collapsed at the city's Bangla Motor yesterday morning. Witnesses said they heard a big sound and saw a large portion of the floor, cast a few minutes ago, collapsing. The building has four floors of which three are basements and the under-construction first floor. Ariful Islam Hanif, a witness, saw the incident while having tea at a roadside stall in Bangla Motor. “I heard a big sound continue for about a minute and saw a portion of that under-construction floor collapsing down. “I rushed to the foot-over bridge for a better view and saw construction labourers and officials quickly covering the building with jute sacks,” he said. The project's officials, who declined to comments, prevented this correspondent from visiting the building. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shahidul Islam of Shahbagh Police Station visited the spot. Quoting project officials of Navana Real Estate Company, he told The Daily Star that some supporting columns of the floor collapsed just as they (the officials) were leaving after completing the floor's construction. The ASI said the officials claimed there were no casualties in the incident.
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