A labour organisation yesterday demanded the missing victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse be declared dead through inspection instead of solely depending on DNA tests, so that their families can be compensated.
The families that have been waiting for closure for the last nine months have lost hope of finding the graves of their loved ones through DNA tests, as human remains are still buried at the site, the organisation said.
As the bodies recovered were decomposed beyond recognition, some families took home the wrong bodies, making it harder for DNA sampling to identify the victims, it said.
Speaking at a press briefing at Topkhana Road in Dhaka, a garment worker's organisation—Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samati— demanded a fresh search for human remains at the Rana Plaza site.
“The discovery of Obaidul's skeleton at the site, followed by around 300 bones, proves that the rescue mission at Rana Plaza site was flawed, incomplete,” said Taslima Akhter, convenor of the organisation.
The discoveries suggest that the actual death toll in the disaster is much higher than the official figure of 1,135, she said.
The families of the missing workers received little in the form of compensation, and there is confusion over the death toll as no one could confirm how many people were inside the building when it collapsed on April 24, she said.
There were three families at the event, whose DNA samples matched in the tests, but could not find their loved ones among the unidentified graves.
Thursday 06 February 2014
http://www.thedailystar.net/business/call-for-fast-tracking-compensation-for-missing-workers-10091
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