USA TODAY: ….”The owner used extremely poor quality iron rods and cement,” committee head Khandker Mainuddin Ahmed told The Associated Press a day after submitting the report to the government. “There were a series of irregularities.”…
The report found that building owner Sohel Rana had permission to build a six-story structure and added two floors illegally so he could rent them out to garment factories. Past statements from authorities said the owner had permission for a five-story structure and added three floors illegally…
“A portion of the building was constructed on land which had been a body of water before and was filled with rubbish,” Ahmed said… (more)
EDITOR: One might assume that such irregularities could not happen in the USA, especially in Lancaster. Except…there was McCaskey East which had to be structurally retrofitted. The obvious dangers remained unreported, or at least not acted upon, during construction. It has always defied our understanding.
