Bangladesh disaster site to become rehab centre
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh plans to take over the site of the collapsed
nine-storey building which killed 1,127 people and convert it into a
rehabilitation centre for the victims, a minister said Tuesday.
"Our Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina) wants this place to be taken over
by the government and convert it to such a system that it can
rehabilitate those who have died here or are affected," deputy minister
for local government Jahangir Kabir Nanak told reporters.
He made the comments after the army concluded the search for the dead
at the doomed building 20 days after what was known as Rana Plaza
collapsed outside the country's capital Dhaka.
Violating almost every construction law, the structure imploded on
April 24, trapping garment workers who were on shift in the building at
the time.
Nearly 2,500 people were pulled out alive by hundreds of army, fire
service and volunteer rescue workers.
Authorities have arrested the owner of the building, Sohel Rana, a
low-level ruling party official, after a massive man-hunt. He has been
charged with causing death due to negligence and violating building
laws.
AFP
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