Hundreds of people have thronged at the site of Rana Plaza tragedy in Savar, to pay respect to the victims of the biggest tragedy of the country, marking the first anniversary of the incident.
People from all walks of life, including family members of the victims, have gathered at the spot with eyes full of tears demanding punishment to the culprits and hoping such incident would never take place again.
The family members of many missing victims were also seen there, holding the pictures of the victims whose bodies have not been found yet and have not got their dues due to not having legal proof that they worked in the building.
On April 24, last year, Rana Plaza, an eight-storied commercial building, collapsed in Savar.
On May 13, after 21 days of the incident, the search for the dead ended with the death toll of 1,136. Approximately 2,515 injured people were rescued from the building alive.
It is considered to be the deadliest garment-factory accident in history, as well as the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern human history.
According to BGMEA source, at the time of the collapse, five garment factories were in operation in the Rana Plaza building, total 2,760 workers were deployed in five factories of the building while the numbers are 3,900 as per reports by other sources.