Tall building on fire
Spending the afternoon watching the shocking live footage of yet another tragedy befalling us, I can only wonder what the enquiries will conclude, and what comes next?
I was cheering when I saw our intrepid armed forces coming to the rescue and plucking one man off the roof of the building in their helicopter, thereby surely saving his life. After all they have been through, they still come through for us.
In the meantime, I heard a purported Vice Chairman of the Bashundhara Group being interviewed on air, when he was asked whether they were satisfied at all the measures that had been taken to secure the building. The first thing he said was that, of course, the authorities do not have the facilities to fight a fire in buildings of this size. This begs the question: If that is so, why do you build such buildings and put the shopping public and office workers at such risk in the event of a catastrophe such as this? Was there a sprinkler system in place, since other facilities would not be available?
Constructing such an edifice, knowing that the authorities do not have the infrastructure to provide for an event such as that which has just transpired, is like sending the Titanic on its maiden voyage knowing that there were not enough lifeboats to carry all its passengers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments