Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam has directed its officials to identify risky school buildings across the country and ensure stern punishment of those responsible for irregularities during construction of PK Government Primary School in Barguna.
The collapsed school building will also be reconstructed, said the minister while responding to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday.
A third-grader was killed and five others were injured as a portion of ceiling of PK Government Primary School in Betagi Upazila collapsed on them on Saturday, according to a UNB report.
Expressing sorrow, Tajul said the on-duty officials of Local Government Engineering Department have been assigned to identify the responsible people and also to bring them to books.
Besides, direction has been given to take actions to identify risky school buildings and reconstruct those.
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