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Landslide in Chittagong
Sujon Ahmed, Chittagong, 26 September: A tragic incident of landslide took place yesterday at Pahartali area of the city. This sort of tragedy is not the first time in the city. Rather, tragedies like this one occurred several times in the past. The incident took away about 150 lives, which is likely to go up. The victims are all slum dwellers, who live at the foot of the hill.
The local people with the help of rescuer team evacuated the dead bodies. About 100 people were seriously wounded. They were taken to the nearby hospitals. Of them 85 people were released after giving first aid treatment and 15 people were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
The Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation rushed to the spot and managed to bury the dead and helped the victimized families in cash and food. He also assured the people present there that in future no incident like that would come about.
It is learnt that a group of greedy people are mainly responsible for this tragedy. They dig the earth of the hills to sell soils to the people who require it to make new houses. These people do not even think at all of the consequence of it.
The government is expected to take some necessary steps to put an end to such type of incident.
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