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Labour rights groups call for expanding Accord inspections to boilers
A number of labour rights groups have called for garment factory safety body Accord to expand its inspections to cover boilers following the Multifabs explosion that killed 13, Financial Express reported.
The report added that the disaster showed the need to include boilers in safety checks, the witness signatories of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, Clean Clothes Campaign, the International Labour Rights Forum, the Worker Rights Consortium and the Maquila Solidarity Network said in a joint statement.
Why Bangladesh Needs To Do More For Its Readymade Garment Industry
Without concrete steps by the government, Bangladesh’s garment industry may fall well short of its potential, and see the country miss out on potential investment, Frontera reported.
Only 6 inspectors for 5,000 boilers in Bangladesh
After another industrial accident related to a boiler explosion in Gazipur on Tuesday that killed 11 people, the Dhaka Tribune has found that there are only six available inspectors to monitor over 5,000 boilers in the country, Dhaka Tribune reported.
