RMG factory shutdown affects 20,000 workers

Bangladesh, affecting nearly 20,000 workers, in 2013, the country's largest-ever industrial tragedy for safety reasons after 73 garment factories have been closed.

"A total of 37 factories that have affected 16,938 workers were shut," the agency Saeed Ahmed, factories and institutions of the inspection department's inspector general said Tuesday that, with reference to.

A fresh clothes while expressing the assessment report "another 2041 workers affected products in 36 factories have been partially suspended," he said.

Department, International Labour Organization (ILO) with the support of nearly 5 million jobs that some 5,000 garment factories to improve working conditions sounded a harsh wake-up call to authorities in Bangladesh 2013 Rana Plaza After the tragedy started to assess the safety workers - 80 percent of women.

Rana Plaza, an eight-storey building housing five garment factories, more than 1,130 people, mostly workers of the murder, on the outskirts of Dhaka, collapsed on 24 April 2013.

According to the assessment report, the Government of Bangladesh urged to switch off now, structural, fire and electrical safety of thousands of garment factories for exports of its efforts to assess the monitoring phase is completed.

Saeed Ahmed said: "After Rana Plaza, commitment to identify those with high risk of collapse of all active export-oriented factories were performed to assess the structural integrity.

"Almost all of the 37 have been inspected, help prevent potential loss of life, closed. We now have our full attention to the challenge of putting this in a safe for all who work to ensure the clothing sector."

According to the report, a number of significant action under the national priority action imaita inspection has taken place.

Bangladesh progressed to garment manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, which are working in collaboration with RMG factory has been to develop more accurate list.

ILO and Syed Ahmed ferry started by the Department of Finance, and a study is underway.

Srinivas Reddy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Bangladesh Country Director, this is exactly the time for corrective action plan to rectify saying that stressed the need to prioritize measures.

"The inspections carried out is an important milestone, but it is just the beginning. Our full attention must now turn to take down. ILO down once and for regulatory oversight of Bangladesh to put in place an effective system officers will help build the capacity of partners end support, "he said