The High Court on Thursday directed all the executive magistrates, authorised officers and inspectors of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to submit their wealth statements in a month to its chairman.
A bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also asked the Rajuk chairman, Nurul Huda, to inquire whether Md Aminur Rahman Sumon, the authorised officer for the city's Dhanmondi area, is negligent in his duties or engaged in corruption, particularly in the case of death of a student who was killed when a brick fell on the head from an under-construction high rise of Sagufta Group of Companies on Panthapath on July 16.
The court also directed the chairman to conduct inquiries immediately in case any complaints are lodged with Rajuk as the complainants are victimised by the developers and to cancel the plan permission of the developers concerned if they are found guilty.
It also requested the parliamentary standing committee on the housing and public works ministry to take steps to update the relevant laws on safety measures.
The chairman has been asked to keep vigil in keeping with the existing Rajuk laws, until the laws are amended, to ensure that safety measures are taken at under-construction buildings.
The court issued the directives after hearing the Rajuk chairman, some of its officers who appeared in the court following its August 1 order issued during the hearing in separate rules issued suo moto regarding the death of four workers as construction lift broke down at an under-construction building of the Building for Future Limited at Kakrail in Dhaka on July 21, and the killing of Tejgaon College student, Habibur Rahman Munna as a brick fell on the head on July 16.
The court directed the authorities of the Building for Future Limited to give Tk 10 lakh each to the families of the four workers and submit a compliance report to the court in 14 days.
The court, however, posted for Sunday its order regarding the killing of the student at the Sagufta construction site.
The Rajuk chairman, 52 Rajuk officers, who include 40 inspectors, 5 authorised officers, 4 executive magistrates, and 2 others, appeared in court to explain whether Rajuk has any law on safety measure at under-construction buildings and whether there is any obstacle to the enforcement of the law.
The Rajuk chairman said that it could not work because of manpower shortage and loopholes in laws.
The court also heard the attorney general, Mahbubey Alam, who suggested submission of wealth statement of Rajuk officials.
Source : New Age
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