Rana Plaza victims and their family members started receiving the compensation from the Global Trust Fund (GTF) from yesterday, a day before the first anniversary of the tragedy.
The GTF authorities began to distribute compensation at a programme held at the Labour and Employment Ministry conference room by giving compensation to only two persons.
Those who received compensation officially are survivor of the incident Jesmin Aktar and Shamsun Nahar, mother of deceased Shilp Aktar.
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mojibul Haque Chunnu handed over the chequeof Tk50,000 to each of them.
ILO Deputy Director General of Filed Operation Gilbert Houngbou, ILO Country Director Srinivasa Reddy, Global Union Federation IndustriALL’s Bangladesh chapter’s leader Roy Ramesh Chandra, Labour Secretary Mikail Shipar attended the programme.
Chunnu said, the rest of the victims will receive their compensation through their mobile accounts by today. The shopkeepers and owners were also included in the list.
He saida total of 3,080 victims and their family members will be compensated with each victim receiving Tk50, 000 from the trust fund created by international retailers.
“A total of $1.5 crore has so far been deposited in the fund and it is expected to rise to $4 crore, he said.
The state minister added that Tk3.9 crore was disbursed from the prime minister’s Relief Fund. The victims who losttheir right hand and right leg received Tk15 lakh while those who lost left hand and left leg got Tk12 lakh.
The families of the deceased received Tk8 lakh to 15 lakh each from the prime minister’s fund.
ILO Country Director Reddy said:“We have not received the expected fund. We are providing support from the fund that was deposited. We hope the rest of the money will also be deposited shortly.”