Some 72,000 buildings out of the 326,000 in the capital run the risk of getting demolished if there is an earthquake of magnitude 7 in the Richter scale in Madhupur area of Tangail.
Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said this in Parliament on Sunday replying to a starred question of ruling party lawmaker M Shahiduzzaman Sarkar.
Dr Razzaque said that to face the disastrous situation due to earthquake, the government has formed 1,200 community voluntary teams in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet through the Fire Service and Civil Defense.
He said these teams have been given training on rescue operation and first aid.
The Minister said that the number of community volunteers would be increased to 30,000 through Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) phase 2. The process has been started under the CDMP-2 to procure light rescue machineries worth Tk 5 crore for the community volunteers.
He mentioned that so far the government had procured machineries worth Tk 58 crore and those were handed over to the concerned authorities.
He said that steps have also been taken for retrofitting two buildings of the Secretariat and Dhaka Medical College Hospital to make those earthquake resistant.
News Source:
BNN
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