Subsidence in Nakhalpara
Firm, hospital blamed
The construction firm and authorities of proposed 14-storey Impulse Medical College and Hospital in the city's Nakhalpara are equally responsible for the collapse of the soil retention walls, said chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhya (Rajuk) yesterday.
The 46-foot deep pit's wall was not adequately strengthened resulting in the collapse, said Rajuk Chairman Md Nurul Huda.
He was talking to journalists at a press conference held by army engineering team at the site yesterday.
Islamic Trading Consortium Ltd was doing the piling to build a three-layer basement car park for the hospital on a 2.9-acre construction site in Tejgaon Industrial Area.
But the pit's retaining wall crumbled resulting in the cave-in and collapse of three corrugated iron sheet houses in the early hours of May 21.
Part of a road subsided and cracks appeared on the adjoining structures including two five-storied residential buildings.
Residents of the two buildings can now return, as the buildings are now stable while the road was repaired, he said.
Speaking there, Colonel Abu Syeed said they handed the site over to Rajuk after the six-day earth-filling work was completed yesterday.
But the hospital authorities would not be allowed to resume construction without compliance with Buet experts and approval of Rajuk, said Huda.
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