Garment factories in high-rise buildings
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The media is regularly flooded with news of fires in factories located in high-rise buildings. Why this is allowed? It is not the norm in the industrialised countries. Besides, factories are set up in the residential areas of municipalities, where factory buildings do not exist. There is no publicity on these aspects for public awareness. The govt. should review the factory codes to save human lives. The govt. decided to shift the factories from the crowded cities, but the shifting arrangements are going on at a very slow pace. Top priority is being given to non-essential mega-projects, for political publicity. There are no moves for decentralisation of power and administration, with the result Dhaka mega city is dying, and the other districts have no attractive power, due to monopoly by the politicians sitting in Dhaka. There is huge wastage of time and energy in chasing the opponents (the Opposition); and enough attention is not being paid to long-term national projects. This is a symptom of amateurish governance. In four decades, the spirit of independence has evaporated; while we are so passionate to observe the annual anniversaries! This is due to lack of dedicated top leadership, who depend on sycophancy. It is because the vast majority of the voters have no holding power (economically backward, and rural based). Corrupt politics encourages indifference within the bureaucracy (not in public interest). We have the advantage of huge human resources and cheap labour, but the latter are being exploited, leading to a sort of slave labour conditions.
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