Asked about the government’s lack of a sustained effort to remove these facilities, Quader said: "The government is firmly resolved to rectify its failings from the past. We have learnt from our past mistakes and will start a new journey to ensure that the chemical warehouses are safely removed." The prime minister has ordered the removal of the dangerous and unlawful chemical warehouses located in Old Dhaka, added Quader, the general secretary of the ruling Awami League. Accordingly, the Dhaka South City Corporation has launched a drive to remove these storages. Calls for the removal of chemicals warehouses from Old Dhaka intensified after the outbreak of a devastating fire in Nimtali in 2010, which claimed more than a hundred lives.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2019 15:11 UTC