Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has urged the authorities concerned to give the monitoring power over the under construction buildings to the corporation in line with the Rajuk.
Khokon made the remarks while visiting the land subside and road collapse scene on the north-east side of the Sundarbans Hotel at Karwan Bazar intersection in the capital yesterday afternoon. He claimed that the DSCC’s engineering and urban planning department has already been monitoring the under construction twin tower of National Bank Limited, beside which the collapse took place, in line with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha.
“Generally Rajuk is responsible for the approval of the design of buildings and monitoring the constructions. But considering the city dwellers’ security, the city corporation will also monitor those in the future,” Khokon continued.
According to the DCC Ordinance 1983, the city corporation can demolish vulnerable structures. As the government is yet to form any independent regulatory committee and the Rajuk fails to discharge its duty properly, they have discussed with the Ministry of Housing and Public Works about implementing the power of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) and DAP, says Khokon, also son of first DCC mayor Mohammad Hanif told the Dhaka Tribune.
According to BNBC 2014, the government shall establish a new authority to enforce the law throughout Bangladesh.