Nation remembers Rana Plaza victims
UNB || BusinessInsider
The relatives and various professional bodies place floral wreathes on the grave of Rana Plaza victims at Zurain graveyard in the capital on Sunday. Business Insider Bangladesh Photo
Nine years have gone by, but the affected families and survivors of Rana Plaza collapse are still haunted by the memory of the worst-ever tragedy in the country’s multi-billion-dollar ready-made garment (RMG) industry.
Different right bodies, worker organisations and left-leaning political parties and Rana Plaza Survivors’ Association have undertaken various programmes remembering the tragedy, reports UNB.
Many workers’ organisations placed floral wreaths at the base of the Rana Plaza Memorial Sunday morning.
The family members of the deceased and injured victims were also present there.
Leaders and activists of different organisations also brought out a procession demanding capital punishment of Rana Plaza owners and compensation for victims’ families.
On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza, an illegally-constructed building in Savar which housed five garment factories, came down crashing, killing 1,138 people and injuring over 2,000 others.
