Staff Correspondent
A writ petition was filed on Sunday seeking a High Court direction on the government to arrange sufficient equipment to fight fire in high rises.
In the petition, the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh also sought a direction on the government to submit a list of necessary equipment which the government lacked in fighting fire in high rises.
Secretaries to home, finance, food and disaster management ministries and the director general of the Fire Service and Civil Defence have been made respondent to the public interest writ petition filed by the organisation’s secretary, Asaduzzaman Siddique, and lawyers Sarwar Ahmad Chowdhury and Aklas Uddin Bhuiyan in the wake of Friday’s fire in the Bashundhara City Tower.
The fire service director general, Abu Nayeem Md Shahidullah, told newsmen after the fire at the Bashundhara City Tower they had no logistics to put out the flames beyond 15th floor of a building.
The petitioners also challenged the government’s inaction in arranging the necessary equipment it has lacked.
After a brief hearing, the High Court bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Mohammad Abdul Hye adjourned the hearing till March 22.
Lawyer Manzill Murshid appeared for the petitioners.
Courtesy of NewAge
