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| Man dies as bamboo falls on his head |
| 2011-08-01 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A rickshaw puller died on Sunday after a bamboo fell on his head from an under-construction high-rise in Bogra. The victim was identified as Chan Mia of Matihash village in Kahalu upazila. This is the third such incident of people getting killed or hurt due to falling of construction materials from high-rises in the last 25 days. On July 6, Habibur Rahman Munna, a student of Tejgaon College, died in a similar incident at a roadside construction site of Sagufta Group on Panthapath in the capital. A brick fell on him from the 10th floor of the under-construction building. Another student, Usha-e-Marma, 20, sustained injury as a brick from an under-construction structure fell on his head at Muradpur in Chittagong on July 19. In yesterday's incident in Bogra town, a piece of bamboo fell from the eighth floor of Gahar Plaza on Chan Mia around 11:30am when he was passing by the building on Temple Road in Kendrasthall Sathmatha area, said a witness. At first, critically maimed Chan Mia was rushed to Bogra Mohammad Ali Hospital, and then he was shifted to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where doctors on duty declared him dead. Manjurul Islam Bhuiyan, sub-inspector of Bogra Sadar Police Station, said Gahar Haji, owner of the building; the contractor for the construction, and the construction workers went into hiding after the accident. Uh-oh, dead guy. Time to go on vacation, boys... He said a case will be filed in connection with the fatal incident. Ever wonder what happens to all the cases they file? Yeah. They'll probably show it to Gahar Haji when they find him and shake him down. Local businesspeople alleged that no safety measure was taken by the owner or the contractor since the beginning of the construction of the commercial building. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Maybe it was suicide? Perhaps, being a developing country he just could not afford...a chainsaw! |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2011-08-01 12:57 |
| #4 I'm not sure I see the humor there. Black humor, methinks. Gromky is an expat residing in China (a.k.a. Little Corner of Paradise). The PRC and Pakistan aren't much different with regards to safety. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-08-01 10:47 |
| #3 Pretty sad. People here in the US do not realize how good we have it here, with care for human life built into our building codes, workplace regulations, highway safety, food safety, etc. Of course, we can bring it down on the installment plan, given the sellout our politicians have done these past years. Be warned. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-08-01 01:40 |
| #2 So a guy who made $3 a day got killed after a life of miserable poverty. I'm not sure I see the humor there. Laugh if you have the belly for it. Or disregard if I missed the obvious sarcasm that I didn't pick up. :) |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-08-01 01:30 |
| #1 When we dump construction materials over the side, it is not our fault if someone gets hurt. Allah chooses the life and death of everyone, so don't come crying to us for compensation. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-08-01 00:41 |