Portion of BM College hostel building collapses

The old building was declared abandoned one decade ago

A portion of the abandoned century-old Surendra Bhavan Chhatrabas, a building of male student hostel of Barisal Govt Brojo Mohun College, has been collapsed on Monday.

No causality was reported as there was no body present during the incident which created panic among the neighborhood.
Abdullah Mamun, a resident student of English at the hostel, said a large portion of the roof of the building suddenly collapsed on the road adjacent to tin-shed portion of the hostel with a big bang on Monday.
We immediately informed the matter to the college principal and hostel superintendent about the incident. Panic has been created among the residents of the adjacent portions of the hostel and neighbouring residents, he said.
Forty-two residents of the hostel are now residing in a temporary tin-shed adjacent to the abandoned century-old two-storied main building of the hostel said, Alamin Sarwar, teacher of Islamic Studies and superintendent in charge of the hostel.
Prof AKM Imanul Hakim, principal of the college, said recent downpour instigated to collapse the portion of the century-old building. One decade ago century old building of the hostel was declared abandoned by Barisal City Corporation and Public Works Department.
 Then resident students were accommodated in two tin-shed barrack house constructed adjacent to the Surrender Bhavan in 2010, he informed.
 We could not start construction of new building by demolishing the abandoned old one as case pending over ownership of the land, the principal said.
Renowned Barisal Govt. Brojo Mohun College, the largest and century old higher educational institution of the division, was established in 1886 and nationalized in 1964.
The college has about 25,000 students in HSC, 19 honors and masters level departments.
This college has 2 halls and two hostels for male students with capacity of 1300 seats and two halls for female students with capacity of 320 seats while more than sixty per cent students of the college came from out side the city and district.

Portion of BM College hostel building collapses

The old building was declared abandoned one decade ago

A portion of the abandoned century-old Surendra Bhavan Chhatrabas, a building of male student hostel of Barisal Govt Brojo Mohun College, has been collapsed on Monday. No causality was reported as there was no body present during the incident which created panic among the neighborhood. Abdullah Mamun, a resident student of English at the hostel, said a large portion of the roof of the building suddenly collapsed on the road adjacent to tin-shed portion of the hostel with a big bang on Monday. We immediately informed the matter to the college principal and hostel superintendent about the incident. Panic has been created among the residents of the adjacent portions of the hostel and neighbouring residents, he said. Forty-two residents of the hostel are now residing in a temporary tin-shed adjacent to the abandoned century-old two-storied main building of the hostel said, Alamin Sarwar, teacher of Islamic Studies and superintendent in charge of the hostel. Prof AKM Imanul Hakim, principal of the college, said recent downpour instigated to collapse the portion of the century-old building. One decade ago century old building of the hostel was declared abandoned by Barisal City Corporation and Public Works Department. Then resident students were accommodated in two tin-shed barrack house constructed adjacent to the Surrender Bhavan in 2010, he informed. We could not start construction of new building by demolishing the abandoned old one as case pending over ownership of the land, the principal said. Renowned Barisal Govt. Brojo Mohun College, the largest and century old higher educational institution of the division, was established in 1886 and nationalized in 1964. The college has about 25,000 students in HSC, 19 honors and masters level departments. This college has 2 halls and two hostels for male students with capacity of 1300 seats and two halls for female students with capacity of 320 seats while more than sixty per cent students of the college came from out side the city anddistrict.