Desk Report
Published: 07 Jun 2022, 10:44 am
Fire service personnel are working to extinguish the fire at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda || Photo: Collected
The United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) of
Humanitarian Affairs in Dhaka called for the elimination of workplace security
deficit across the country in the wake of the BM container depot blast at
Sitakunda in Chattogram.
The UNRC said in a statement on Monday (June 7).
The United Nations is saddened and shocked by the loss of
life in the BM container depot fire and explosion in Chittagong, the UNRC
office said in a statement. The United Nations extends its deepest sympathies
and condolences to the families of the 41 civilians killed and 9 fire service
members and the hundreds injured.
The United Nations has said in a statement that the
"safety of the industry and the organization and its effective
implementation must be worked out together".
The United Nations has called on all parties to use all
available force to address the security situation in the country. In this case,
the United Nations will cooperate to build a safe Bangladesh for all.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Forum, Bangladesh, in a
statement on the Sitakunda blast, said that due to the existing culture of
impunity, accountability for previous incidents could not be confirmed. That is
why these terrible man-made disasters are happening one after another.
The human rights group called for speedy and impartial
investigation to identify those responsible, ensure legal punishment, and
provide equal compensation to the families of each person killed in accordance
with the ILO Convention, and speedy trial of all fires and explosions that have
occurred so far.
In a separate Facebook post, British MP Rushnara Ali and
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson, the US and German
embassies and various individuals and organizations, including the Pakistani
government, expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and
wished speedy recovery to the injured.