The family members of the injured and dead garments workers in Rana Plaza Tragedy will be given 30% of their compensation. The Rana Plaza Co-Ordination Committee leading by International Labour Organization (ILO) has approved this decision. Last year victims’ families received 40% of the compensation.
According to the ‘claim form’ of the aggrieved persons 3 crore US$ is required to pay the compensation. There is an international fund named ‘Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund’, about 2.1 crore US$ was deposited in that fund. Last year, this money was distributed among 2770 victims and their family members in five installments, which is 40% of their compensation. The decision of 30% payment was taken in January, 2015 but it’s approved last week after one and a half month. Last Wednesday ‘Clean Cloth Campaign (CCC)’ a member of Rana Plaza Co-Ordination Committee have assured about this 30% compensation in a press release. The money will be distributed among 2,800 peoples.
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There are still a shortage of 90 lakhs US$ in the international fund. Though Italian global fashion brand ‘Benetton’ agreed to pay compensation but they are not paying it. CCC is already trying to contact with Benetton to pay 50 lakhs US$ to ‘Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund’. The payments to Rana Plaza victims foreseen under the arrangement are to be financed by a combination of funds, including contributions from buyers and other private donors who wish to give to the victims in a spirit of solidarity and compassion. The Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund was therefore established in January 2014 in order to collect these contributions and to hold them in trust under specified Terms and Conditions.
Reported by-
Md. Tanvirul Haque Bhuiyan
Reporter of Textile Tribune
Dept. of Apparel Manufacturing, NITER.
Email : mukutex@gmail.com
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