Public Relations Officer of the
ministry Mahfuzul Haque told bdnews24.com about the order.
The worst
building collapse in the country's history took place near the Savar bus stand
on the outskirts of the capital around 8:30am on Wednesday.
The official
death toll rose to 216, roughly 30 hours since the huge structure crumbled. The
final death toll is likely to be much higher.
The ill-fated building
accommodated at least five garment factories and some 300 shops, with nearly
6,000 workers in them.
Scores of people are trapped inside the rubble.
Rescue workers, led by the army, are still continuing their search operation for
those trapped under the debris.
Workers at Rana Plaza on Tuesday had seen
cracks in the huge structure but the authorities allegedly did not take any
precautionary steps. Building owner Rana had told reporters that day that there
was ‘nothing serious’ in the cracks.
The workers were forced to work in
the garment factories located in the building on the fateful morning, many of
the survivors have alleged.
Rana, a Senior Joint Convenor of Awami
League’s youth front Juba League’s Savar municipality unit, has been on the run
since the collapse.
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir visited the site
and told reporters that the building was not approved by the authorities. He
said stern legal action would be taken against the people who built the
structure defying the codes or laws.
The minister came under attack in
the media and social networking sites as he pointed out that the pro-shutdown
pickets shook the building's pillars, which might have caused the
disaster.
Police and RAJUK filed two cases at the Savar Model Police
Station on Wednesday night accusing the owners of the building and the five
garment factories that the high-rise housed.
The High Court on Thursday
directed the owner of Rana Plaza, and the Managing Directors and Chairmen of the
garment factories to appear before it on Apr 30.
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