Court House Street lack of Fire safety gadgets

The court house street is one of the oldest and busiest roads in the old part of the town, located in the rear side of Dhaka District Judge court, Dc office and Chief metropolitan magistrate court.

Everyday several thousand people pass with the road for various purposes. At office time (court running time) it is tough to move with the road by foot.

The street is so narrow and makeshift shop made it narrower, hardly two rickshaws can pass each other but at the office time a rickshaw can hardly pass with the road.

Most of the roads of that area are 10 to 12 feet, it is quite impossible to pass a big vehicle with this road. If any fire incident occurred in this road many people will die because fire vehicles could come to this road in time.

Makeshift shops blocked most of the space of the road. At the office time lots of people went to this road for various needs as various kind of shop was there.

While visited, our correspondent found the road full of people in office time. All kinds of shop were there. Some makeshift shop selling vegetable, some selling tea, cigarette, some were selling food. Lots of shop was there for photocopy, deed writing, stationary, hotel and many more. Even a sheel pata shop was found in the road.

Sahidul Islam, a businessman came to CMM court for his brother case, said, court house street is very busy during the court running time. People come to drink tea, for photocopy, for lunch and many more.

“I came here to make a photocopy of documents which I will submit to the court” he added.

Many high rise building was on the road. Most of the building was used for lawyer’s chamber. The entry gate or roads of those building are so slim. Lots of people everyday went to those chambers for various purposes.

Most of the lawyer’s have chamber is the area because from here it took only a minute to reached at court.

While visited, found no fire safety gadgets of those buildings. Only two high rise building found some fire extinguisher. If any fire incident occurred during court running time many people may die.

Gopal bhar, a shop owner of the court street, said I am doing business here for more then 20 years. My father started business here after his death I am doing this.”

“This road is always full of people. Most of the people came here for court purpose” he added.

Gopal said “what you are searching to? You will get everything in this street, from vegetable to stationary everything you will find here.”

While asked about fire safety, “he said as far I know no building of that area have fire safety.”

While asked Mamun, a hotel owner of that area, if any fire broke out of that area, is it possible for fire vehicle to come in this road during the court running time.

He replied it will be very tough for any big vehicles to come in this road. So it will be also tough for fire vehicles to enter of that area.

Mamun also said this is an unplanned area and oldest part of the city, so when the road and area were started no one think that after 10 or 20 years what will happen.

Jahurul Amin Mia, assistant director (warehouse and prevention) of FSCD said “if any fire incident occurred on this area it will be tough for us to reach on that area because the road is so narrow.”

He also said “FSCD water Carrying Vehicle hardly can reach near rear side of DC office.”

He also said “no reserve tank is here on that road, the only reserve tank of that area which is situated at Jagannath University.”

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