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They have started work on the site of the gas leak in the zero point area adjacent to Feni’s Mahipal flyover on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway since Saturday afternoon.
A high-level delegation led by Shankar Majumder, Managing Director of Comilla Bakhrabad Gas Distribution System Limited, visited the site on Saturday morning. At the time, said Deputy General Manager (Engineering Services) Abul Bashar, DGM of Noakhali Regional Office (Sales). Solaiman, DGM (Engineering Service) Sagir Ahmed, Feni Area Office Manager. Sahabuddin, assistant engineer Kamrul Hasan and Nurul Karim were present.
Later in the afternoon, DC visited the site. Wahiduzzaman.
During Esha prayers on the night of September 4, more than 50 people were burned in a loud explosion at the Baitus Salat Jame mosque in the western part of Fatulla in Narayanganj. At least 31 of them have died. After this incident, the people of that area of Feni panicked from the gas bubbles on the road.
When asked about the situation on Friday, Sahab Uddin, the Feni office manager of Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited, said on Friday that a written request had been submitted to the executive engineer of the highway department on July 28.
“It will take time to repair the faulty lines of the highway by cutting the highway with the permission of the highway department.”
Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Executive Engineer, Feni Department of Roads and Urban Development, said the matter has been reported by Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company, “We will take steps to solve the problem by keeping the traffic system in order. Hopefully the problem will be resolved soon. “
However, after the news broke in various media on Saturday, in the afternoon the repair work that hangs in the file began.
On the afternoon of last Friday, gas bubbles were seen emanating in front of the Shaheen Hotel and Restaurant in the Zeropoint area near the Mahipal flyover, about 100 meters along the paved part of the road (CC Foundry) and drain (sidewalk).
Abdul Alim, the manager of the local Shaheen hotel and restaurant at the time, said: “Our hotel For four long months, gas has been coming out of the drain on the road in front and on the section of the road that divides it. Although the matter was not so hot in the dry season, it felt like the water bubbled up in a couple of parts from the light rain.
There, when the smokers threw the lit match, the incense caught fire. He said he had informed officials and employees of the Bakhrabad Gas Office that they came to his restaurant for tea and breakfast regularly a few months ago.
Raju, manager of the local newspaper agency Azad Store, said that after verbally complaining to the Bakhrabad authorities, they arrived at the scene a few days later and covered the area with some sand. However, no permanent initiative has been taken to repair the gas leak as of Friday.
Mosharraf Hossain, a driver of a passenger bus traveling on the highway, said that care must be taken when crossing the Mahipal area on the way from Dhaka to Chittagong.
“Gas leaks do not cause flames during the day, but small flames can sometimes be seen in the dark at night. There is a danger of a major accident if the gas leak on the road is not repaired quickly. “
When the renovation work began at 5 p.m. on Saturday, the locals were relieved.
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