End of Savar rescue operation
The rescue operation of Rana Plaza is over, and 2438 were lucky to be pulled alive. Of the rest of the 3535 presumed to have been trapped in the debris, 1127 perished in the crash. For the dead it is the end of the road, but an urgent matter, which is often overlooked, is the rehabilitation of the large number of survivors.
To the already nearly twenty million physically disabled in the country the Rana Plaza disaster has added several hundred more, and while the survivors may be lucky to be alive, a large number of them who have become permanently disabled have a very difficult road ahead of them.
As is often the case, the survivors might be soon forgotten and left to fend for themselves. And in order that such is not the case, we suggest the government draws up a rehab plan along with the BGMEA and the government and non-government organisations that are working for persons with disability in Bangladesh, to train and rehabilitate the disabled workers who will have to live with physical impairment for the rest of their life.
It is important that these unfortunate victims of a manmade tragedy do not feel like a burden on the society. With proper training and reemployment they can not only have a secured livelihood, they can also become as efficient a contributor to the economy of the country as they have been before they suffered their tragic fate.
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