Earthquake Of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a land of natural calamity. People here survive fighting against the natural disasters like flood, cyclone, drought etc. Recently people have become very much concerned about a calamity and that is earthquake. Earthquake means the terrible shake of the earth. It leaves a vast trail of devastation and brings untold sufferings. The after effects of an earthquake can not be described in words. The whole air of the affected area is filled with the heart rending cries of the people who get narrowly escaped for their dear and near ones. No rescue work is possible as there is destructive fall out all around. The sufferings of the people beggar description. Only vast trail of devastation is seen. Houses and buildings are collapsed. People become shelter less. They have to starve. The most pathetic scene is that there are many dead bodies under the piles of havoc. They decompose and stink foul smell. IT vitiates the whole surroundings. The volunteers are seen pulling out the decomposed bodies out of the broken buildings and bricks. Really it is a pathetic scene. It is too impossible for a man of flesh and blood IT is too impossible for a an of flesh and blood to describe the scene. Today the people of Bangladesh specially the educated people are very much aware of earthquake. The people living in the multi storeyed building are also are also aware of earthquakes because they have come to know that most of the building in Bangladesh are not built according to earthquake resistant building code. 

To reduce the loss the following precautions as safety measures against earthquake can be taken.

(i) An earthquake resistant building code should be made which should be followed as mandatory. (ii) The RAJUK should be very much strict in giving plans for the construction of multi-storeyed buildings. (iii) Experts should mark the fault lines.