Landslide
in Chittagong
Hasan Mahmud, Chittagong,
26 September:
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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