Landslide
in Chittagong
Mabrur
Atiqi, Dhaka, 30 October:
A tragic incident of landslide took place yesterday at Pahartali area of the
city. This sort of tragedy is not the first time in the city. Rather, tragedies
like this one occurred several times in the past. The incident took away about
150 lives, which is likely to go up. The victims are all slum dwellers, who
live at the foot of the hill.
The
local people with the help of rescuer team evacuated the dead bodies. About 100
people were seriously wounded. They were taken to the nearby hospitals. Of them
85 people were released after giving first aid treatment and 15 people were
admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
The
Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation rushed to the spot and managed to bury the
dead and helped the victimized families in cash and food. He also assured the
people present there that in future no incident like that would come about.
It
is learnt that a group of greedy people are mainly responsible for this
tragedy. They dig the earth of the hills to sell soils to the people who
require it to make new houses. These people do not even think at all of the
consequence of it.
The
government is expected to take some necessary steps to put an end to such type
of incident.
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