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By Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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DHAKA, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mim Akter had to walk for nearly an hour before she found a rickshaw to take her to the garment factory where she works in locked-down Dhaka this week.
With public transport in the Bangladeshi capital stopped, factory owners were supposed to provide transport for their staff. But many did not, leaving workers to walk long distances or pay many times the normal fare to travel to work.
“The usual charge is 10 taka, but I was charged 30,” said Akter, 31, who has two children and barely gets by on her monthly salary of 9,000 taka ($106).
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The Rana Plaza collapse on 24 April 2013 was the world s worst industrial accident in 30 years
The Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013 was a wake-up call to Bangladesh and the entire garment industry that building and worker safety should be a priority. Eight years on and the country has one of the safest and most transparent apparel industries thanks to the remediation work that ensued. But while much has been achieved, there remains no room for complacency.
When a multi-storey factory building complex collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, eight years ago in April 2013, killing at least 1,138 garment workers, the industry was shaken to the core. It was the world s worst industrial accident in 30 years and came just five months after the Tazreen factory fire in the same city, where more than 120 workers lost their lives.
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