Building collapses in Bangladesh

[Vanessa]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4900966/Dozens-killed-in-massive-building-collapse-in-Bangladesh.html :shocked:

[Drew.]

bloody hell

[Vanessa]

The building already had cracks, but the workers had been told it was safe. :mad:

[Drew.]

you can see the levels of flooring crushed on top of one another, that's crazy

[Vanessa]

This is terrible. Apparently there could be up to 2000 people trapped in there! :eek:

[arista]

A nation that has not updated planning laws.

More expected to fall to the ground

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02544/potd-bangladesh-2_2544724c.jpg

http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2013/4/24/234110/default/v4/2013-04-24t080415z-729121105-gm1e94o18bs01-rtrmadp-3-bangladesh-building-1-380x285.jpg

http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2013/4/24/234114/default/v3/167304138-1-380x285.jpg

[Vanessa]

:(

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22476774

The death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident has passed 1,000 as recovery teams continue to find more bodies in the wreckage.

The eight-storey Rana Plaza factory building near Dhaka collapsed on 24 April with an unknown number inside.

The authorities say about 2,500 people were injured in the accident and 2,437 people were rescued.

The recovery operation is expected to finish on Friday. The rubble will then be shifted by bulldozers.

On Friday morning, officials said a total of 1,021 bodies had been recovered from the debris of the fallen factory building in Savar.

Many bodies were decomposed, but could be identified by mobile phones in their pockets or staff passes, Army Captain Shahnewaz Zakaria said, adding that "most [of the dead] are female garment workers".

If it's not one disaster, it's another ..... :sad:

Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Where so many people are dying fast
And it sure looks like a mess
I've never seen such distress

George Harrison

[Nedusa]

It's a tough thankless life being a sweatshop worker in Bangladesh , you work all hours God sends you and for a complete pittance , year after year after year. Then after years of toil with your hands riddled with arthritis you are ready to retire but then just before you leave you are crushed to death as the whole building collapses around you.

What a sad end for hundreds of workers in this factory...!!!