Helps offered to Ashulia fire victims
Various individuals and an organisation have expressed interest to support the hapless victims of the Tazreen Fashions fire incident with medical and education expenses following news reports by The Daily Star.
Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed intends to provide free treatment to Fahima, who broke her back while escaping the devastating fire that swept the garment factory in Ashulia on November 24 night.
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad intends to support the upbringing and education of two children, Seema and Zakaria, who were orphaned by the tragic fire, said Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, political advisor to Ershad.
The former president told The Daily Star that he will be arranging for accommodation, food, education and all that necessary for the upbringing of the two children in Rangpur, where they hail from.
He is expected to meet the children at Ashulia on the capital's outskirts today.
A businessman, seeking anonymity, intends to support two-month-old Sayem, who lost his mother in the fire.
An USA expatriate wants to support two children, Mizan and Masum, who lost their mothers in the incident.
Another individual from the capital's Basundhara residential area, seeking anonymity, wants to bear treatment costs of three victims severely injured in the fire.
The fire killed at least 111 workers and injured 100 others.
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