The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has handed over a Tk 1 crore cheque that it promised to give to the traders who got affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in Dhaka.

FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin handed over the cheque to the leaders of the Bangabazar Complex Dokan Malik Samity today at the FBCCI office in the capital.

A massive fire ripped through the capital's Bangabazar Shopping Complex on April 4 this year, burning down 2,931 shops full of clothes and ruining the livelihood of several thousand traders just weeks before Eid-ul-Fitr.

At the event, Jashim Uddin urged the business leaders and market committees to be aware of the risky markets and to do necessary reforms.

FBCCI Senior Vice President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu said the fire service unit has marked the Bangabazar market as risky and warned several times about its dilapidated condition, but the market committee did not pay heed to the matter.

He urged everyone to be more responsible instead of blaming the government for such accidents.

Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity President Helal Uddin said the existing markets in the capital are being inspected.

If any type of risk is noticed, they will be warned as well as instructions will be given to reform the markets within a stipulated time.