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Date : 24 April 2013

Location : Savar Upazila, Dhaka District,

Bangladesh

Deaths : 112!

"n#$ries : a%o$t 2&00

Considered to the deadliest accidentalstructural failure in modern human

history.

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B$ilding in'or(ation

)onsisted o' eight stories

"t ho$sed a n$(%er o' separate gar(ent'actories e(plo*ing aro$nd &,000 people,

several shops, and a %ank +arnings toavoid $sing the %$ilding a'ter cracksappeared the da* %e'ore had %een ignored

he %$ilding, -ana .laza, /as o/ned %*

Sohel -ana, allegedl* a leading (e(%er o'the local $%o Leag$e, the *o$th /ing o'the r$ling A/a(i Leag$e political part*

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he $pper 'o$r oors had %een %$ilt/itho$t a per(it

Architects state(ent: he %$ilding /as

planned 'or shops and oces, not'actories5

6ther architects stressed the risks involvedin placing 'actories inside a %$ilding

designed onl* 'or shops and oces, notingthe str$ct$re /as potentiall* not strongeno$gh to %ear the /eight and vi%ration o'heav* (achiner*

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6n $esda* 23 April 2013, a 7 channelrecorded 'ootage sho/ing cracks in the -ana

.laza %$ilding and the %$ilding /as

evac$atedhe shops and the %ank on thelo/er oors i((ediatel* closed Later in theda*, Sohel -ana sa*s to the (edia that the%$ilding is sa'e and /orkers sho$ld ret$rn

to(orro/ 8anagers at 9ther e threatenedto /ithhold a (onth;s pa* 'ro( /orkers /ho

re'$sed to co(e to /ork

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6n +ednesda* (orning there /as apo/er c$t and diesel generators onthe top oor /ere started he

%$ilding collapsed at a%o$t 0

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Dhaka cit* develop(ent a$thorit* >led a caseagainst the o/ners o' the %$ilding and the >vegar(ent 'actories operating inside it

.ri(e 8inister Sheikh ?asina ordered thearrest o' Sohel -ana and 'o$r o' the o/ners o'the gar(ent 'actories operating in the %$ilding

hree da*s a'ter the collapse, le'tist politicalparties and the B@.led 1< .art* Alliance

de(anded the arrest and trial o' s$spects andan independent co((ission to identi'*v$lnera%le 'actories

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6n 1 8a* on "nternational +orkers; Da*, protesting/orkers paraded thro$gh central Dhaka %* thetho$sands to de(and sa'er /orking conditions andthe death penalt* 'or the o/ner o' -ana .laza

6n 10 $ne, seven inspectors /ere s$spended andacc$sed o' negligence 'or rene/ing the licenses o'gar(ent 'actories in the %$ilding that collapsed

"n 8arch 2014 -ana .laza o/ner Sohel -ana /asgranted si (onths; %ail in the ?igh )o$rt hispro(pted angr* reactions 'ro( la%o$r leaders?o/ever, -ana /ill not %e released 'ro( #ail as

another case >led %* police is pending he Savar %$ilding collapse has led to /idespread

disc$ssions a%o$t corporate social responsi%ilit*across glo%al s$ppl* chains

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