Search for bodies at B’desh factory collapse ends, death toll at 1,127
14 May 2013 11:05 AM IST
Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death toll now stands at 1,127.
Mohammed Amir Hossain Mazumder, deputy director of fire service and civil defense, told local media that the search for bodies from the 24 April collapse was called off at 6 p.m. ‘Now the site will be handed over to police for protection. There will be no more activities from fire service or army,’ he said.
Bulldozers and other vehicles have been removed from the building site, which will be fenced with bamboo sticks. Red flags have been erected around the site to bar entry. The last body was found on Sunday night. A special prayer service will be held Tuesday to honor the dead, he said. For more than 19 days, Rana Plaza had been the scene of frantic rescue efforts, anguished families and smell of decaying flesh.
Mohammed Amir Hossain Mazumder, deputy director of fire service and civil defense, told local media that the search for bodies from the 24 April collapse was called off at 6 p.m. ‘Now the site will be handed over to police for protection. There will be no more activities from fire service or army,’ he said.
Bulldozers and other vehicles have been removed from the building site, which will be fenced with bamboo sticks. Red flags have been erected around the site to bar entry. The last body was found on Sunday night. A special prayer service will be held Tuesday to honor the dead, he said. For more than 19 days, Rana Plaza had been the scene of frantic rescue efforts, anguished families and smell of decaying flesh.
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