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Thursday, May 9, 2013

More than two weeks after collapsing factory workers in Bangladesh are trapped under a pile of crushed concrete, the death toll has exceeded 900.



More than two weeks after collapsing factory workers in Bangladesh are trapped under a pile of crushed concrete, the death toll has exceeded 900. Authorities found more bodies from the rubble so the death toll had reached 931 recorded, as quoted by the national news agency BSS on Thursday (09/05/2013).

The factory collapsed on Wednesday (04/24/2013), in Savar, outskirts of the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. From the factory, 2,400 people have been rescued, and now officers used heavy equipment to clear the rubble as well as finding the location of the bodies were trapped inside. Previous rescue operations held for seven days, and at that time the death toll has surpassed 500 people.

The collapse of the building was also revealed cheapening the region's garment products are supplied to European and other developed countries. This incident has become one of the deadliest industrial disaster in South Asia.

Building owners and the plant is now being investigated for allegedly ordering the workers to keep working, even though the day before knowing there cracks in the building structure. Revenue of 20 billion U.S. dollars of Bangladeshi garment industry is contributing 77 percent of the country's export income.

Among those who are now accused of being the cause of the collapse of this plant is the branded apparel retailers in the West. Suppliers of Bangladesh calls cheaply demands become one of the pressure that led to low wages and poor conditions for workers.

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