The country’s first “International Trade Expo on Building and Fire Safety” opens in Dhaka today to provide an opportunity learning more about ways of working together to improve the building and fire safety of readymade garment industry in Bangladesh.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed is expected to inaugurate the two-day show at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
C&A Foundation in association with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), the Alliance and Accord for Bangladesh Workers’ Safety and International Finance Corporation is organising event.
A total of 52 stalls will display products at the first such show in the country, aimed at making RMG factory owners knowledgeable and aware about latest fire, building and electrical safety equipment, BGMEA President Atiqul Islam told a press conference yesterday.
A group of industry people has been introduced with the fire and building safety issues, but it did not reach up to the mark and that is why the expo is organised to help the sector, he added.
It’s time to assure right kinds of products, which would help the factories, said M Rabin, executive director of Alliance for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
The fair will display products that would help take remedial measures for the factories on fire and electrical safety, said M Rabin. Through the fair, the factory owners would be able to learn about factory safety equipment and their standard.
After the tragic incident of Tazreen Fashion Fire and Rana Plaza building collapse, the issues of fire, building and electrical safety came under spot light.
Following the incidents, the European Union and American buyers forced the RMG industry to take efforts to protect employees and improve fire, building and electrical safety standards.