Khilgaon Ideal School abandons building

Khilgaon National Ideal School authorities yesterday abandoned one of the school's buildings in the capital amid concerns centring some cracks on it.
Some guardians, noticing some cracks on the building, no-5, filed a general diary with Khilgaon Police Station in mid-May expressing their concern, said Sub-inspector SM Raisul Islam of the police station.
The school authorities soon declared summer vacation and got the building examined by a team of civil engineers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
The team recommended that occupancy could continue but without increasing load, said Raisul.
With school resuming yesterday, the guardians opposed holding classes in the building and on information a police team led by Raisul arrived.
“The decision was reached following a meeting among the school authorities, guardians and police. The authorities said they would accommodate the building's students in other buildings,” added Raisul.
Prof Sekender Ali, director of Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation of Buet, said any crack was not always a cause for alarm but one must take steps after necessary caution and examination.
Afsar Uddin, authorised officer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, said he was unaware of the incident and would visit the site this morning.
The school authorities could not be contacted immediately.