Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury handed over a personal donation to the Mithun-Aarati couple who lost their three daughters due to gas stove fire at Patharghata Bundel Road Sevbak Colony in Andarkilla Ward of the port city.
Immediately after the accident, the CCC mayor assured the family of assistance. On Sunday morning, the mayor rushed to console the bereaved family at PatharghataSebak Colony residence and handed over the donation cash to the family.
When the residents of Sebak Colony informed the Mayor about various problems of Sebak, the Mayor immediately gave verbal instructions to the officials concerned to take action.
Condoling the Aarati-Mithun couple, the mayor said, you have lost three children. This loss is not recoverable. It is not possible for any parent to accept the child's departure. There can be no more pain. May the great creator give you strength and patience to bear this grief.
After inspecting the work of three multi-storied buildings in this Colony for the Sebaks, the Mayor said that the project is progressing fast to give a safe life to the servants. I strive to make life better for the servants who work day and night to keep the city clean. The entire Sebak Colony will be checked and removed for any hazardous illegal electricity or gas connections.
CouncillorZaharLalHazari, PulakKhastgir, Mayor's private secretary and chief cleaning officer Abul Hashem, politician and writer Dr.Masum Chowdhury, assistant engineer Abdullah Md. Hashem were present.
Cleaners Mithun Das and Aarati Das lived in Sebak Colony on Patharghata Bundel Road in the city. On the morning of June 20, the couple's four daughters were burnt in the gas fire of the cooking stove. After the deaths of two girls in hospitals in Chattogram and Dhaka, the third girl in six years old Happy Dasdied at the Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
Its known that cleanersAarati and Mithun went to work on the morning of June 20. Their four daughters were in the house at that time. They asked the three elders to feed the three-year-old girl Sweety. In the morning while heating milk, the gas stove caught fire and three children died due to it.
