Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 329 Sun. May 01, 2005  
   
Letters to Editor


Building Code


Thanks for the investigative report "Rajuk unsure of faulty building numbers" and "Decides to start collecting information".

I am sure that Rajuk does not have any official list of building code violators; but the officials responsible for inspection might have a list for their own good!

However, I would like to draw your attention to the communication and education part of it. I am looking for the Building Code but there is no easy way to get it.

I believe if information is easily available then it will create public awareness and eventually help to enforce the code easily. I would request the Rajuk authorities to post the Building Code on the web as well as various local libraries, including colleges and universities, where people can have access to the information on different aspects of the issue.

The telecommunication revolution or more specifically the wireless network boom, that is continuing in Bangladesh, will set up the base of our step towards global citizenship.

Looking forward to finding Rajuk's building code in the web soon. Hope that more and more service agencies of the Bangladesh government and NGOs will utilise the media to be benefited from technology and to achieve better productivity and information sharing.