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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/254711/secretariat-fire-affected-ministry-committees-start-assessing-damage[/URL]SECRETARIAT FIRE: Affected ministry committees start assessing damageStaff Correspondent 06 January, 2025, 23:26[ATTACH=full]12716[/ATTACH]New Age file photoCommittees formed by different affected ministries to probe the December 26 fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital Dhaka started to assess the damage caused by the fire on Monday, 11 days after the incident.Members of different committees were allowed to enter the affected four floors (5th to 8th) of the damaged Building 7 on the day.The members said that they were not sure when they would submit the reports.On Sunday, the first five floors of the damaged building were opened for offices after the fire incident.The fire that broke out at the Building 7 at the secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, early December 26, 2024 burned offices and documents of five ministries –– local government, rural development and co-operatives, posts and telecommunications, youth and sports, labour and employment and road transport and bridges.The fire spread from the 5th floor to the 8th floor of the building with each floor having 40–50 rooms. The affected offices were relocated temporarily to different departments.A high-powered committee, formed on December 26 to probe the fire incident, in its preliminary report on December 31 said that a loose electrical connection caused the fire and the probe body did not find involvement of any person in the incident.Soon after the incident different affected ministries formed probe committees mainly to prepare lists of important documents and records damaged, assess the losses of property such as furniture, electronic devices and others, find out the reasons of the fire and submit reports with the findings and recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future.‘Our committee members today have got access to the damaged part of the building where our office was located,’ road transport and bridges ministry adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan told New Age on Monday.He mentioned that as the members could not enter the building till Monday, they could not start assessing damage that occurred to the offices of the Road Transport and Highways Division situated on the 8th floor.‘The committee will submit a report within five working days,’ the adviser added.On December 26, the labour ministry formed two separate committees and asked the committees to submit their reports within seven working days.Begum Morsheda Akter, joint secretary at the ministry and the head of one of the committees, said that they got permission to enter the building’s damaged parts on Monday and started the assessment of the damage and losses.She said that they would set the date of submitting the reports after discussing the matter with senior officials.On the day of the fire, the local government ministry formed two separate probe committees without mentioning any dates for the submission of reports.Local Government Division additional secretary AKM Tariqul Alam, convener of one of the committees, said that their committee also started assessing the damage in the building on Monday.After gathering information on the damage, they would submit the report, he added.Mohammad Shafiul Arif, Rural Development and Co-operatives Division additional secretary, convener of another committee, said that after conducting assessment works, which started on Monday, they would submit the report to the division.
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SECRETARIAT FIRE: Affected ministry committees start assessing damage
Staff Correspondent 06 January, 2025, 23:26
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New Age file photo
Committees formed by different affected ministries to probe the December 26 fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital Dhaka started to assess the damage caused by the fire on Monday, 11 days after the incident.
Members of different committees were allowed to enter the affected four floors (5th to 8th) of the damaged Building 7 on the day.
The members said that they were not sure when they would submit the reports.
On Sunday, the first five floors of the damaged building were opened for offices after the fire incident.
The fire that broke out at the Building 7 at the secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, early December 26, 2024 burned offices and documents of five ministries –– local government, rural development and co-operatives, posts and telecommunications, youth and sports, labour and employment and road transport and bridges.
The fire spread from the 5th floor to the 8th floor of the building with each floor having 40–50 rooms. The affected offices were relocated temporarily to different departments.
A high-powered committee, formed on December 26 to probe the fire incident, in its preliminary report on December 31 said that a loose electrical connection caused the fire and the probe body did not find involvement of any person in the incident.
Soon after the incident different affected ministries formed probe committees mainly to prepare lists of important documents and records damaged, assess the losses of property such as furniture, electronic devices and others, find out the reasons of the fire and submit reports with the findings and recommendations to prevent similar incidents in the future.
‘Our committee members today have got access to the damaged part of the building where our office was located,’ road transport and bridges ministry adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan told New Age on Monday.
He mentioned that as the members could not enter the building till Monday, they could not start assessing damage that occurred to the offices of the Road Transport and Highways Division situated on the 8th floor.
‘The committee will submit a report within five working days,’ the adviser added.
On December 26, the labour ministry formed two separate committees and asked the committees to submit their reports within seven working days.
Begum Morsheda Akter, joint secretary at the ministry and the head of one of the committees, said that they got permission to enter the building’s damaged parts on Monday and started the assessment of the damage and losses.
She said that they would set the date of submitting the reports after discussing the matter with senior officials.
On the day of the fire, the local government ministry formed two separate probe committees without mentioning any dates for the submission of reports.
Local Government Division additional secretary AKM Tariqul Alam, convener of one of the committees, said that their committee also started assessing the damage in the building on Monday.
After gathering information on the damage, they would submit the report, he added.
Mohammad Shafiul Arif, Rural Development and Co-operatives Division additional secretary, convener of another committee, said that after conducting assessment works, which started on Monday, they would submit the report to the division.
