Effects of Rana Plaza Accident

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Efects o Rana Plazaaccident.

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Efects o Rana Plaza

accident.

Prepared for

Mr. Muhammad Mohiuddin

Professor

Department of Management Studies

University of Dhaka

Dhaka-1000

Prepared by

Sanjia Khan Sivan

ID !1"0#0$%

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)"rd *+tober, )01"


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Letter of Authorization:


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Letter of Transmittal

October 23, 2013

r! uhamma" ohiu""in

#rofessor

$e%artment of ana&ement 'tu"ies

(niversit) of $ha*a

$ha*a+1000

'ubject: 'ubmission of re%ort on eects of -ana #laza

acci"ent!

$ear r! ohiu""in,

.ere is the re%ort on the /eects of -ana #laza

acci"ent that )ou reueste" to %re%are last October ,2013!

The re%ort is %re%are" on the %rimar) an" secon"ar)

"ata collecte" from "ierent sources of an&la"esh!

45%erts or %eo%le of "ierent areas an" re&ion have

been consulte" for their o%inions! $ata are classi6e"

an" tabulate" 7ith objective ju"&ment!

8 sincerel) ho%e that the re%ort 7oul" hel% )ou ma*in&

eective "ecisions! 8 trul) a%%reciate this assi&nment

an" 8 enjo)e" it ver) much! 8f )ou nee" an) further


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assistance in inter%retin& m) anal)sis, %lease call on

me!

'incerel) )ours,

'anjia 9han 'ivan

8$_ 1300;

A_ =A>!

Ac*no7le"&ement:

The re%ort has been %re%are" 7ith the hel% of man)

%eo%le to 7hom 8 must e5%ress m) heartfelt re&ar"! 8

sho7 m) &ratitu"e to the chairman of the investment

boar" to oer me this res%onsibilit)! 8 am in"ebte" to

all concerne" hea" of the "e%artments 7ho are

consulte" an" has %rovi"e" 7ith nee"e" information

an" "ocuments! 8 am also &rateful to r! uhamma"

ohiu""in, %rofessor, $e%artment of ana&ement

'tu"ies of (niversit) of $ha*a for &ivin& me his

valuable time an" a"vice! 8 am euall) than*ful to all

others 7ho have been consulte" for their valuableo%inion!

'anjia 9han 'ivan!


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Table of ?ontents:

Part Page

Letter of Authorization i

Letter of Transmittal ii

Ac*no7le"&ement iii

45ecutive 'ummer)


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8ntro"uction

?olla%se an" rescue

The house of car"s

45tractin& %inne" victims

-@ 7or*ers burst into %rotest

20th $a): 4n" of 'avar attle

ulti+national com%an) res%onse after

the acci"ent:

?onsumers res%onse after the

acci"ent:

@'# sus%ension:

'u&&estions -ecommen"ation:

iblio&ra%h):

A%%en"i5:

?onclusion:


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45ecutive 'ummer) :

The recent colla%se of -ana #laza have brou&ht our

countr) to the attention of the 7orl"! The main causebehin" all the major colla%se inci"ents is un%lanne"

buil"in& construction! 8t is the "ut) of an architect to

"esi&n an in"ustrial buil"in& follo7in& the e5istin&

buil"in& co"e! At the "esi&n %hase, man) technical

%ersonnel are involve" 7ith the architect! $es%ite a

sincere an" hi&hl) so%histicate" "esi&n, insincerit) of

the entre%reneur can ma*e the construction

vulnerable!

.o7ever, the imme"iate eect of the recent ('

"ecision on sus%ension of @'# facilities is not ver)

serious but in the future, it can &o be)on" our

ima&ination! Be shoul" no7 7or* for safe 7or*in&

%lace! -i&ht to tra"e union for the 7or*ers is must! Behave la7s but the main %roblem is lac* of

im%lementation! Tra"e unions can %la) a &reat role at

this im%lementation %hase! Be shoul" create


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con"ucive environment for buil"in& stron& tra"e unions

abi"in& b) e5istin& la7s!


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8ntro"uction:

On 2 A%ril 2013, -ana #laza, an ei&ht+stor)commercial buil"in&, colla%se" in 'avar, a sub+

"istrict in the @reater $ha*a Area, the ca%ital

of an&la"esh! The search for the "ea" en"e" on 13

a) 7ith the "eath toll of 1,12! A%%ro5imatel) 2,C1C

injure" %eo%le 7ere rescue" from the buil"in& alive! 8t

is consi"ere" to be the "ea"liest &arment+factor)acci"ent in histor), as 7ell as the "ea"liest acci"ental

structural failure in mo"ern human histor)!

The buil"in&, -ana #laza, 7as o7ne" b) 'ohel -ana, a

lea"in& member of the local Dubo Lea&ue! 8t house" a

number of se%arate &arment factories em%lo)in&

aroun" C,000 %eo%le, several sho%s, an" a ban*! -ana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_collapsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upazilas_of_Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upazilas_of_Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Dhaka_Areahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohel_Rana_(businessman)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubo_Leaguehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upazilas_of_Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upazilas_of_Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Dhaka_Areahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohel_Rana_(businessman)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubo_Leaguehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_collapse


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#lazaEs architect, assoo" -eza, sai" the buil"in& 7as

%lanne" for sho%s an" oFces G but not factories!

?olla%se an" rescue The buil"in& colla%se" at about 0:00, leavin& onl) the

&roun" Hoor intact! The an&la"esh @arment

anufacturers an" 45%orters Association %resi"ent

con6rme" that 3,122 7or*ers 7ere in the buil"in& at

the time of the colla%se! One of the &arment

manufacturersE 7ebsites in"icates that more than half

of the victims 7ere 7omen, alon& 7ith a number of

their chil"ren 7ho 7ere in nurser) facilities 7ithin the

buil"in&! On 10 a), 1< "a)s after the colla%se, a

7oman name" -eshma 7as foun" an" rescue" alive

an" almost unhurt un"er the rubble!

The house of car"s

As 7e can see -ana #laza 7as a un"er construction

buil"in&! The o7ner of this %laza, 7as ille&all) raisin&

the hei&ht of the buil"in&!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_carehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_care


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The

architect of

-ana #laza,

assoo"-eza, sai"

the buil"in&

7as %lanne"

for sho%s

an" oFces G

but not

factories!

45tractin& %inne" victims


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The 6rst an" foremost %olic) of the rescuers 7as to

brin& out the %eo%le tra%%e" insi"e the buil"in&, even

if the o%eration %ro&resses slo7l) to free them out! The

rescuers su%%lie" foo", 7ater an" o5)&en to %eo%le

tra%%e" insi"e the buil"in&!

As %eo%le 7ere not seen to be satis6e" 7ith the

%re%arations ta*en b) the &overnment, the) starte" tohel% 7ith 7hatever the) can! #eo%le use" Iaceboo* as

a me"ia to conve) the latest reuirements nee"e" for

the survivors, 7hich inclu"e" cash mone), o5)&en

c)lin"ers, foo"s, me"icine an" man) more! an)

or&anizations, citizens contribute" accor"in& to the

ca%abilit).


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-@ 7or*ers burst into %rotest

Thousan"s of 7or*ers of man) &arment factories in"ierent %arts of the ca%ital too* to the streets

Thurs"a) to %rotest the "eaths in 'avar buil"in&

colla%se the %revious "a)!

'i""iul Alam tol" the

me"ia, /an) others are

still alive but tra%%e"

an" 7e 7onJt &ive u%

the o%eration till 7e 6n"

the last man!.e also

sai" #rime inister

'hei*h .asina ma"e such "irective in thisconnection!/Be canJt con"uct massive search 7ith

heav) eui%ments as this coul" *ill the %eo%le 7ho are

still alive insi"e "ebris, he, ho7ever, a""e"!

20th $a): 4n" of 'avar attle

The rescue o%eration 7as "eclare" 6nish on a) 13,

2013! Ko more bo") 7as foun" from the "ebris of the

colla%se" -ana #laza in 'avar! Accor"in& to the

sources, the "eath toll from the buil"in& stoo" at


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1,12 mor&ue! The

rest 23 uni"enti6e" bo"ies have been burie" at Durain@rave)ar" in the ca%ital!

A total of 3,CC %eo%le G "ea" an" alive + have so far

been %ulle" out of the rubble!

ulti+national com%an) res%onse after the

acci"ent: The s%otli&ht is therefore on the multinational

com%anies 7hose or"ers from local factor) o7ners

have le" to the ra%i" recent &ro7th of the &arment

in"ustr) in an&la"esh, the 7orl"Js secon"+lar&est

e5%orter of clothin& after ?hina! Iamiliar bran"s no7

stan" accuse" of e5%loitin& %oorl) %ai" 7or*ers 7ith a

callous in"ierence to their safet)! T7o com%anies

7hose %ro"ucts 7ere foun" in the rubble at -ana #laza

M#rimar*, a chea% ritish label, an" ?ana"aJs Lobla7,

7hose bran"s inclu"e Doe IreshMhave ra%i"l) %romise"

com%ensation to victims an" their families!

Balmart alon& 7ith 1 other Korth American

com%anies, refuse" to si&n the accor"! Balmart, D!?!

#enne) an" labour activists have been consi"erin& an

a&reement to im%rove factor) safet) in an&la"esh for

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney


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at least t7o )ears! 8n 2011, Balmart rejecte" reforms

that 7oul" have ha" retailers %a) more for a%%arel to

hel% an&la"esh factories im%rove safet) stan"ar"s!

Doe Iresh 7ill sen" re%resentatives from ?ana"a to

ins%ect their su%%l) chains in an&la"esh! The 8rish

bran" #rimar* 7ill revie7 the structural inte&rit) of

buil"in&s ma*in& its clothes!

?onsumers res%onse after the acci"ent:

$ozens of consumers in the (nite" 'tates s%o*e out

a&ainst unsafe 7or*in& con"itions foun" in the factor)

buil"in&! #eo%le also unleashe" their an&er at retailers

that "i" not have an) connections to that s%eci6c

buil"in&, but are *no7n to source from factories

locate" in an&la"esh!

@'# sus%ension:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States


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The ('A sus%en"e" the @'# facilities on the entrance

of an&la"eshi %ro"uct in the ('A mar*et has create"

lac* "ro% in the econom)! ecause of this sus%ension

each an" ever) an&la"eshi becomes ver) u%set!('Ais our lon& outstan"in& %artner of "evelo%ment! 8n fact,

there 7as no such *in" of @'# facilities in &arments

sector in the ('A!

The) have tal* about the safet), "evelo%ment of the

stan"ar" of the labor! 8t is unfortunate that, the) have

brou&ht into consi"eration the acci"ent of 'avar -ana#laza, Tazrin fashion, unsolve" case of Aminul mur"er

case! 'ince 200


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brin&in& about follo7in& chan&es in %olic) an" su%%ort

s)stem:

a!4nsure enforcement of Labour La7s, buil"in& co"e,

electrical safet), Iire 'afet) Act an" 4nvironment

Act!b!8n an unsuitable lan", 7e have to %articularl)

ensure %ro%er la)out %lans, &roun" investi&ation

an" loa" "istribution %lans!c!Iactor) machineries shoul" be stren&thene" an"

u%&ra"e" 7ith %ro%er human resource an"eui%ment!"!-es%onsibilit) of the o7ner shoul" be "istinctl)

mentione" in the labour la7 an" %rovision of

a%%ro%riate %unishment clause for ne&li&ence

nee"s to be inclu"e" in the labour la7!e!A"euate com%ensation shoul" be ensure" b)

amen"in& the labour la7!f! The %resent amount of com%ensation must be

increase" as %er some recent .i&h ?ourt ver"icts!&!All %ersonal %rotection eui%ment =##4> shoul" be

available an" 7or*ers shoul" be motivate" to use

these!h!Iormation of Nsafet) committeeJ shoul" be

man"ator) 7ith %ro%er 7or*ers %artici%ation!


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iblio&ra%h):

i! 8t crumbles li*e a %ac* of car"s! The $ail) 'tar!2C A%ril 2013! -etrieve" 2C A%ril 2013

j! 'urvivors "eman" 7a&es after buil"in& colla%se!

AI#! -etrieve" ; a) 2013*!an&la"esh buil"in& colla%se "eath toll %asses

n!N'u""enl) the Iloor BasnJt There,J Iactor) 'urvivor

'a)s! -etrieve" 2; A%ril 2013

http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/like-a-pack-of-cards-it-crumbles/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-05-07/survivors-demand-wages-after-building-collapse/1127430http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22431151http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22431151http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/garment-workers-remain-restive/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/global/hm-agrees-to-bangladesh-safety-plan.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/global/hm-agrees-to-bangladesh-safety-plan.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-25/-suddenly-the-floor-wasn-t-there-factory-survivor-says.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-25/-suddenly-the-floor-wasn-t-there-factory-survivor-says.htmlhttp://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/like-a-pack-of-cards-it-crumbles/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-05-07/survivors-demand-wages-after-building-collapse/1127430http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22431151http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22431151http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/garment-workers-remain-restive/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/global/hm-agrees-to-bangladesh-safety-plan.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/global/hm-agrees-to-bangladesh-safety-plan.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-25/-suddenly-the-floor-wasn-t-there-factory-survivor-says.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-25/-suddenly-the-floor-wasn-t-there-factory-survivor-says.html


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A%%en"i5:


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?onclusion:

The E'avar Tra&e")E 7ill al7a)s remain as the blac*

%a&e of the countr)! Onl) thin& to &et ri" of it is to

remember the inci"ent an" ma*e sure no other

-ana #laza "emolish b) itself!

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