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Tazreen victims slam govt, owner for delay in compensation

Star Business Report
Survivors and families of the workers who died in the fire at Tazreen Fashions last year formed a human chain in Savar yesterday to mark the passing of one year of the industrial disaster.
Injured garment workers of the Rana
Plaza building collapse joined too, with all congregating at the site of the fallen structure.
The bereaved mourned the losses suffered in the two tragedies, and demanded proper compensation from the respective factory owners and the government.
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Some of them said they had not received any compensation from neither the owners nor the government.
The fire brought a double blow in the lives of many of the injured workers. Firstly, they had to lose jobs having sustained long-term injuries, and then they are forced to rent houses in Dhaka for better treatment and a hope to get compensation.
Around 112 workers died and 150 sustained different injuries from the fire. One of the injured, Mahfuza Aktar, 20, said she could not manage a job since she injured her right hand on the fateful day.
Seeing fire in the building at around 6:45pm, she jumped from the second floor and broke her hand.
"Doctors placed a titanium plate in the hand and asked not to do heavy work until the plate is removed," she said.
"I couldn't think about leaving the place as better treatment is available here," said Mahfuza, who came from Tangail and has been living in Nishchintapur of Ashulia.
Describing how she managed
to escape the horrifying event, Mahfuza said it was around 6:45pm when her colleagues informed her about the blaze.
"I had to close my eyes because of heavy smoke all over the floor. Someone broke a window and I only could manage to escape through it," she said.
Another victim, Rehana, 21, who sustained injuries on her waist and left leg, said she has to spend around Tk 5,000 to Tk 7,000 every month to buy medicines.
"For seven months, I wasn't able to leave the bed," said Rehana, who jumped from the third floor. Halfway through the leap, another colleague who had jumped as well collided with her mid-air and both crashed to the ground, with Rehana on the bottom receiving the blow of the impact.
Still using a crutch, Rehana said she hails from Kurigram and has been living in Ashulia as she had to visit doctors frequently.
Both Mahfuza and Rehana said, while compensation is required for a living, it is more important to get well soon to earn a job again to help their families.
The survivors of both the incidents also expressed concern
about the fact that eight of the accused of the Rana Plaza incident received bail.
Three garment workers' associa-tions -- Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati, Garment Sramik Trade Union Kendra and Garment Sramik Front -- separately organised the human chains on the first anniversary of the tragedy of Tazreen Fashions fire and seven months of Rana Plaza tragedy.
The nine-storey Rana Plaza caved in on April 24 killing 1,132 people, who were mostly garment workers.
Leaders of the organisations slammed the government for not taking stern actions against the responsible persons of the two factories and warned tougher agitations if the government would fail to bring the culprits undertrial.
They also demanded that the government should complete the DNA tests of the rest soon and ensure proper compensations for the victims.
DNA tests at a government laboratory so far identified only 157 persons out of 322 unidentified victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy last May.