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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Tiger sculpture collapse kills man in capital |
| 2015-08-22 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A rickshaw-van puller died after a tiger sculpture fell down on him at Karwan Bazar in the capital early yesterday. "Md Ali, aged around 42, was sleeping when the sculpture collapsed around 3:30am, leaving him critically injured," said fireman Md Shahid, quoting witnesses and employees of the nearby Sundarban Hotel. "The victim was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! and the body was kept at the hospital morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy." But Kalabagan cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Iqbal Hossain said it was not certain if Ali was asleep or took a shelter under the sculpture during rain. "Rainwater might have weakened the base of the structure that eventually led to the collapse," he said. There was blood on the road where the accident took place, and the Dhaka Tribune correspondent also saw Ali's shoes, a rope and some parts of the wrecked van yesterday morning. In 2011, the sculpture was jointly placed at the Karwan Bazar intersection, just opposite the construction site where land subsided around two months ago, by Dhaka South City Corporation and an advertising firm as part of beautification measures. Another sculpture representing a tiger cub was also placed there. Foshan Group is in charge of maintaining the sculptures. Locals observed that such a heavy sculpture, made of concrete, was placed on a simple platform in an unplanned way that led to the collapse. They also blamed rain for the accident. Dhaka South City Corporation Chief Executive Officer Ansar Ali told the Dhaka Tribune that a three-member committee had been formed to inquire into the reason why the sculpture fell. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Tiger tiger, concrete chunk, From your plinth you fell, kerplunk; What unlucky rickshaw dude Who bunked beneath you was so screwed? In what adman's sparkling peepers Smoldered doom for sidewalk sleepers? Who allowed so stout a statue? Let your base precipitate you? What municipal inspector Sipped on nectar? What erector's Hardened heart knew you could tumble If your sodden perch should crumble? Bengal, soggy Bangladesh Values concrete over flesh: Bet they'll prop you up again... Inshallah, taking note of rain. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-08-22 18:50 |
| #1 I'd like to think the sculpture pounced on the man. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-08-22 09:08 |