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Rana Plaza Compensation

Tk 20 lakh for each dead, missing

Rashad Ahamad, Savar
A high-powered committee yesterday recommended Tk 19.51 lakh in compensation for each of the apparel workers who died or went missing in the Rana Plaza collapse on April 24.
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The committee, formed on the instruction of the High Court instruction on August 29, fixed the amount at a meeting in Savar Cantonment based on basic salary, annual inflation, gratuity, pain and sufferings of victims.
Major General Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy of the army's 9th infantry division presided over the meeting.
He said the committee would also propose Tk 10 lakh each for a victim who lost one limb and Tk 15 to 20 lakh each to a victim who lost two limbs.
The committee found that 1,142 workers had died and 221 were injured in the deadly collapse of the Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories. Of
the injured, 150 would require long-term treatment.
However, it was left to the court to decide who would give the compensation.
The committee said financial help was not compensation. The compensation will be given by persons responsible for the incident. It may be factory owners, building owner, BGMEA or a government organisation responsible for ensuring safety in the factory.
The committee said for 25 years' service, the basic wage of the workers would be considered Tk 5,000 a month plus an amount based on annual inflation, Tk 25,000 for burial, Tk 1,80,000 gratuity and Tk 500000 for pain and suffer-
ing as suggested by ILO and international trade unions.
The total cost for education up to the higher secondary level for children of each of the victims would be 10 percent of the earnings of the lost work years, which is around Tk 1,13,300.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) certified compensation package suggested bearing the cost of studies of the children of the victims up to the secondary level.
Jaglul Hayder, BGMEA representative on the committee, said the proposed compensation of around Tk 20 lakh for Rana Plaza victims was too high.
BGMEA Vice-President Shahidul Azim said the proposed compensation rate would need overTk 300 crores.