Huge Number Of Bangladesh Factories Are Vulnerable To Collapse

Huge Number Of Bangladesh Factories Are Vulnerable To Collapse
Bangladeshi Army personnel stand guard as they continue the second phase of the rescue operation using heavy equipment after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 10, 2013. The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Bangladeshi Army personnel stand guard as they continue the second phase of the rescue operation using heavy equipment after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 10, 2013. The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Three-fifths of garment factories in Bangladesh are vulnerable to collapse, according to a survey by engineers in the country.

Last month concrete pillars supporting the eight-storey Rana Plaza building on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, gave way.

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