The committee to probe into the landslide at Batali Hill, which killed 17 people on Friday, primarily found that the mishap was a result of poor construction of the guide wall.
Ahsan A Elahi, chief of the committee who is also an additional deputy commissioner, told reporters during a visitto the site on Sunday that the guide wall was not constructed properly, adding that the experts would be able to ascertain the real cause of the disaster.
'There was no hole at the wall to pass water from the hill, which might have caused the accident creating extra pressure on the wall,' he said, adding that they would recommend formation of a technical committee to ascertain the real cause.
The committee, which was formed on the day of the accident, was asked to submit its report by seven days.
Seventeen members of five families, including five of a family and four of another, were killed on Friday morning in a landslide and wall collapse at the southern portion of Batali Hill at Ambagan in the city.
Source : New Age
