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Pak schools collapse probe urged
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ISLAMABAD: Construction experts in Pakistan have called for an official probe into why so many government-funded schools and hospitals collapsed in the massive earthquake as police launched a criminal investigation into the collapse of an Islamabad apartment block that killed at least 40 residents. Many point to years of complacency toward the earthquake threat despite frequent tremors, shoddy building techniques and the open secret of widespread corruption in the awarding of public building contracts.
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The Supreme Court ordered a halt to the construction of a luxury housing scheme near Islamabad and asked the government to consider revising the construction regulations. The UN says 1,000 medical facilities were completely destroyed in the earthquake. In North West Frontier Province, education officials estimated around 8,000 schools had been damaged or totally destroyed.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-10-15 |
