The charred skeleton of Haji Wahed Mansion and debris on the Nanda Kumar Lane in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area of Old Dhaka as seen on Thursday, February 21, 2019 Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneGovernment will take a severe stance in the eviction processA ‘Monitoring Cell’ in collaboration with the city corporation, local public representatives, and the police, will be formed to evict illegal chemical warehouses and combustible material-based factories from old Dhaka. “By forming a ‘Monitoring Cell’, City corporation, local public representatives, and police will make combine efforts to throw out the illegal chemical warehouses and combustible material-based factories located in old Dhaka,” Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, Md Asaduzzaman Mia, told journalists on Thursday after visiting the spot where the deadly fire broke out in the city’s Chawkbazar area. The monitoring cell will survey the area and prepare the list of illegal chemical warehouses and combustible material-based factories, before carrying out their eviction drive, he said. Chemical factories in a residential area are risky and a threat to public safety. Government will take a severe stance in the eviction process, he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 21, 2019 16:41 UTC