The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, in its latest progress report, stated that 64 per cent of safety faults in the readymade garment factories that produce for European retailers have been corrected till July. However, it also underlined that most of the factories remained behind schedule in their remediation work.
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The report also mentions that electrical remediation achieved highest 80 per cent progress; structural remediation witnessed merely 40 per cent progress while 60 per cent of fire-related issues were fixed. During the inspection, the Accord found 19,790 structural faults in the factories and up till July only 3,854 issues were corrected while out of 33,613 electrical safety risks, 23,403 issues were remediated. Initial inspection was conducted in 1,648 factories and out of them 1,402 factories remained behind the schedule in implementing the corrective action plan.
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15 factories have completed all remediation work while 34 factories were terminated by the platform from its supplier list due to failure in implementing the workplace safety measures, the report stated, adding that now the Accord inspectors are conducting follow-ups and verification inspections in the factories to speed up remediation work.
