Following a 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Bangladesh on Friday, BUET civil engineering professor Mehedi Ahmed Ansary has urged immediate inspection of Dhaka’s 2.1 million buildings, calling the tremor a possible foreshock of a larger seismic event. The quake, centered in Narsingdi’s Madhabdi area, caused panic, structural cracks, and six reported deaths in Dhaka, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi. Ansary warned that a stronger earthquake could devastate up to 35% of Dhaka’s structures and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. He proposed that RAJUK certify buildings based on compliance with construction codes without requiring government expenditure. The professor recommended a color-coded classification system—similar to those used in the US, India, and Japan—to identify and repair vulnerable buildings. Citing the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse as a reminder of potential disaster, he emphasized that proactive inspection and certification could significantly reduce future risks.
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