Ctg Wall Collapse
Two committees begin probe
Chittagong City Corporation yesterday breaks the remaining part of the wall on Batali Hill which collapsed on Friday, leaving 17 people dead.Photo: STAR
The two committees yesterday started investigation into the wall collapse at Batali Hill which left 17 people dead on Friday. Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) started breaking the remaining part of the wall to avoid any further mishap. The wall was built to protect the hill. The seven-member probe committee of the city corporation seized all files and documents regarding the project of the wall. The body's Convener Ward Councillor SM Iqbal Hossain said they would study the documents and visit the spot today. Meanwhile, the district administration's five-member committee sat in a meeting at Chittagong Circuit House around 11:00am yesterday and then visited the spot. The committee Convener Ehsane Elahi said they would try to find whether it was a landslide or faulty construction of the wall and whether there was any hole present in the wall for the discharge of rainwater. Ehsane, also additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong, however, said it would be difficult for them to detect the main technical faults since the committee was not an expert one. But they would try to find out what they can from their observations. He said it appears that the base of the wall was not strong enough and soil at the base was removed. Ehsane said they would also put forward recommendations on the management of risky hills in the city. Other members of the committee are CCC Executive Engineer Rafiqul Islam, Public Works Department Executive Engineer Mostafa Kamal, Assistant Estate Officer of Bangladesh Railway east zone Md Abdul Bari and Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Manjur Morshed.
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