Faridpur District Representative
A legal notice has been sent to the concerned to pay compensation to the families of each person who was killed in a speedboat collision in Padma river in Charbhadrasan of Faridpur.
Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping, Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and Director General of Shipping Department, Deputy Commissioner of Faridpur and Dhaka, Charbhadrasan, Executive Officer of Doha Upazila, also have been made defendants in legal notice by email and post.
Barrister Mohammad Humayon Kabir Pallab and Barrister Mohammad Kawsar sent the notice on behalf of the human rights organization Law and Life Foundation on Thursday (February 9).
Each family of the deceased has been asked to pay a compensation of one crore rupees within three days of receiving the notice.
Moreover, the rivers of passengers It is also mentioned in the notice that if you bring the insurance cover and bring the accidents to the right of the law and investigate the accidents that have happened, and the legal remedies will be brought under the law.
Thousands of people crossed the Padma river through Gopalpur Ghat and Mainot Ghat every day, which is under the control of the upazila administration and the district administration. On February 5, when the two ghats were loaded with passengers from the two ghats and left for their destination, 6 people were killed in a head-on collision between two speedboats.
The notice also said that despite the control of the notices on the speedboats, the authorities could not make the right decision at the right time, so many lives were lost prematurely. They have completely failed to fulfill their duties.
A speedboat was headed to Charbhadrasan Goapalpur Ghat from Mainatghat in Dehar at around 10 am last Sunday morning, which was a head-on collision between the other side and the bodies of 6 people were recovered.
