Check all transformers, report within 3 weeks

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco) and Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) to examine the city's all transformers by an expert committee, and submit a report to it within three weeks.
An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Md Delwar Hossain came up with the order following a writ petition filed by the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), an NGO.
The writ petition has been filed following some media reports, which mentioned that the Nimtoli fire originated from the transformer blast.
The HC also asked the government within three weeks to explain its failure in this regard.
During the hearing, the petitioner's lawyer Manzill Murshid told the court that accidents are taking place every now and then, as the power division doesn't properly check transformers in the city.
The safety of the city dwellers is being hampered due to such negligence, he argued.
M Zahir, who was appointed as amicus curiae (friend of court), told the court that the negligence of the power division is responsible for the Nimtoli disaster.
The energy and power secretary and managing directors of Desco and DPDC have been made respondents to the rule and order.
Manzill told The Daily Star not only the media reported that the Nimtoli fire was the result from the transformer blast, but also witnesses told the same.
He also said HRPB is also planning whether it will go for any legal move to shift the chemical shops from the Old Dhaka to another place.