DHAKA, Sept 9, 2025 (BSS) - The Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) has provided training to construction workers on risks and precautions during work inside the septic tanks. 

The training session was organized for construction workers in a 16-storey under-construction building of Shanta Holdings in Gulshan-2 in the capital. 

Seventy-five construction workers participated in the training, according to a press release of the FSCD. 

Deputy Director of the FSCD of Dhaka Division Md. Saleh Uddin spoke on the occasion as the chief guest while Assistant Director, Dhaka, Kazi Najmuzzaman gave the address of welcome.  

Chief Project Management Officer of the under construction building Major (Retd) Hafiz Al Asad also spoke. 

After the theoretical discussion, a demonstration was given on how to ventilate a septic tank using smoke ejectors and air ventilators or how to remove contaminated air or gas from a septic tank.  

According to the Fire Service and Civil Defense, 228 people have died in septic tank and sewage line accidents in the last 5 years.