Dilapidated Buildings in Khulna
'Final' KCC notices being sent to 48 owners
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) yesterday started sending final notices to the owners of 48 dilapidated buildings, asking them to demolish their structures in two months.
I have given them two months' time to demolish the buildings at their own cost. Otherwise, KCC will demolish the buildings, realising costs from the owners, said Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque.
Question of showing compassion under political influence to any such building owner does not arise at all. Because, lives of about 1,000 people residing in 48 most risky buildings are always at stake in apprehension of earthquake and severe cyclonic storms, the mayor said.
According to KCC Estate Officer Nuruzzaman Talukder, the 48 vulnerable buildings are located in different areas under five police stations of Khulna Metropolitan city where people are living risking their lives.
Owners of these most risky buildings must comply with the KCC notice as per building code, the estate officer added.
The buildings that need full demolition to get rid of human casualties include 100-year-old Khulna district Jail, Ansar camp and Khulna General Hospital.
In 2004, the city corporation formed a committee to identify the vulnerable buildings by conducting a survey. But the report on findings of survey gathered dust as the then mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman did not desire to demolish the vulnerable buildings, branding the survey report as faulty and biased.
In June this year, KCC and Khulna Development Authority (KDA) jointly conducted a survey and identified 200 dilapidated buildings, 48 of them as most risky.
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