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After the grim conflagration in Chawkbazar of Old Dhaka, the government instructed the authority to shift all the warehouse chemicals from the factories and warehouses of Old Dhaka. So, the Dhaka South City Corporation have started shifting the chemicals on 23rd February.
Media and News Reporters talked with DSCC mayor Sayeed Khokon on Saturday, 23rd February while he was supervising the team to remove the chemicals from the warehouses. He said, “Lawful action will be taken against those building owners who have not yet taken steps to remove chemical warehouses,”
The Mayor also added, “Eviction of chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka has begun with the removal of chemicals from the badly affected building (Wahed Mansion). A few days before the fire, I took an initiative to remove the chemical warehouses from old Dhaka. But unfortunately, the Chawkbazar tragedy happened two days after that”. He expressed his determination to save the people from such unacceptable and sudden accidents and ended his speech by saying, “As long as all the chemical godowns of old Dhaka are not relocated, the eviction drive will continue”.
The step of shifting all the chemical warehouses from one of the most populous areas, the Old Dhaka, is the aftermath of the gruesomeness of Chawkbazar’s Churihatti fire incident.