Different organizations, rights groups, stakeholders observed the second anniversary Friday of the tragic Rana Plaza collapse to commemorate those who lost their lives in the largest ever industrial disaster. On April 14, 2013, a nine-storied building that housed five garments factories collapsed in Savar leaving at least 1,138 dead and 2,515 injured. Family members, survivours and workers’ organisations gathered in front of Rana Plaza in the morning to remember the victims. They staged a demonstration and demanded punishment of the perpetrators of the disaster. Dhaka district Deputy Commissioner Tofazzal Mia and Dhaka district Police Super Habibur Rahman placed bouquets at the place of devastated Rana Plaza in the morning. Many hospitals opened camps in front of Rana Plaza to provide free treatment to the people injured in the disaster. The local administration deployed law enforcing agency personnel in the area to avert untoward incidents. Various workers organisations formed human chain and demonstrated in front of Press Club demanding Rana Plaza victims’ compensation and justice for the dead and injured. They also demanded publishing official list of dead and injured and introduction of public holiday on the day. A day after the collapse, Rajuk official Helaluddin filed a case against Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza, for structural flaws in the building and for constructing it with sub-standard materials and also for violation of building code. Savar police and the family members of a victim filed another case against Rana, his father and owners of the five factories housed in the building. But charge sheets are yet to be pressed in those cases even after two years.
Source: https://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/04/25/90179
