Environment• 1000+ die in Bangladesh garment factory: How guilty are we?al Issues
Bangladesh is a sovereign country in South Asia, the one of the most populous counties in the world. More than 150 million people live there. Most people in Bangladesh are very poor and they live with the difficulties (Bangladesh, 2013). The population of Bangladesh was growing very fast in a decade (CIA, 2012) one of the highest rates amongst Asian cities. And it is overpopulation.
Bangladesh is located at the end of the Bay of Bengal, bordered by the Republic of India and Burma on its north, west and east, and separated from Nepal and Bhutan (Bangladesh, 2013). Its capital is Dhaka (Dhaka, 2013).
By early Thursday, the Bangladeshi news media reported that at least 142 people died in the rubble of Rana Plaza, a building in Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, the capital (YARDLEY, 2013).
On Wednesday April 24, more than one thousand people were killed in a Bangladesh garment factory. The garment factory was collapsed with about 3,500 workers inside (HOSSAIN, 2013). Concerning to the architectural structure, the Rana Plaza owner was permitted to build the six floors building, but there were extend to eight floors after he got the permission, and while he was given the permission for a commercial office block he rented its floors to the western industrial companies. The Rana Plaza was built for only accommodation, office and housing. But it was used as factory. Housing and factory are much different. Investigators believe that the illegal factory placing overweight of supplies, machines, heavy power generators on the roof and thousands of workers are moving around daily for 24 hours in the building were factors in Rana Plaza’s collapse (Bergman, 2013).
Several garment workers said, on the Tuesday, one day before the building collagsed, the large cracks had been discovered in the walls on the seventh floor. Shops and a bank branch on the lower floors immediately closed. At first, the managers ordered workers not to report to work on Wednesday but later, the
Bangladesh is located at the end of the Bay of Bengal, bordered by the Republic of India and Burma on its north, west and east, and separated from Nepal and Bhutan (Bangladesh, 2013). Its capital is Dhaka (Dhaka, 2013).
By early Thursday, the Bangladeshi news media reported that at least 142 people died in the rubble of Rana Plaza, a building in Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, the capital (YARDLEY, 2013).
On Wednesday April 24, more than one thousand people were killed in a Bangladesh garment factory. The garment factory was collapsed with about 3,500 workers inside (HOSSAIN, 2013). Concerning to the architectural structure, the Rana Plaza owner was permitted to build the six floors building, but there were extend to eight floors after he got the permission, and while he was given the permission for a commercial office block he rented its floors to the western industrial companies. The Rana Plaza was built for only accommodation, office and housing. But it was used as factory. Housing and factory are much different. Investigators believe that the illegal factory placing overweight of supplies, machines, heavy power generators on the roof and thousands of workers are moving around daily for 24 hours in the building were factors in Rana Plaza’s collapse (Bergman, 2013).
Several garment workers said, on the Tuesday, one day before the building collagsed, the large cracks had been discovered in the walls on the seventh floor. Shops and a bank branch on the lower floors immediately closed. At first, the managers ordered workers not to report to work on Wednesday but later, the