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Melcom is a supermarket chain in Ghana consisting of 24 shops spread all over the country. It was started in 1989 by Indian Magnate Bhagwan Khubchandani. His late father, Ramchand Khubchandani, had arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 from Hyderabad, Sindh, post partition India but now part of Pakistan as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy. Melcom consists of four companies under the Melcom Brand Name.〔()〕 ==Disasters in 2012== In the year 2012 Melcom suffered two major accidents: on 7 November 2012, Ghana suffered a major accident when Melcom's five story Shopping Mall at Achimota near Accra collapsed trapping many people inside. The Government of Ghana organized a rescue mission. In all 82 people including 14 dead, were pulled out of the rubble. Melcom had been operating in the building which it said it had rented only since January 2012. The government promised an investigation to find out the cause of the collapse.〔()〕 Reports seem to suggest that the building had structural defects owing to lack of adherence to building codes and use of improper materials.〔()〕 On December 22, 2012, Melcom suffered another major accident when its mall in Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana was totally burnt down by fire. Because the fire occurred after close of work, there were no casualties. However adjoining warehouses stocked with items for Christmas were also burnt down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melcom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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