The death toll rose to 1079 in Savar Rana Plaza collapse with the recovery of
two more bodies from the rubble till 7:30am Saturday on the 18th day of the
incident.Of them, a total of 780 bodies were identified and handed over to their
families.
Confirming the death toll and body handover, Army control room said fire
fighters, Red Crescent men led-by Army recovered two more decomposed bodies
till 7:30am.
Meanwhile, some 61 bodies were kept at Adharchandra School ground for hand over
while 85 bodies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue.
In the other hand, 156 bodies were buried through Anjuman-e-Mofidul Islam, a
charitable organisation, as those were decomposed beyond recognition.
Besides, a total of 2, 439 people were rescued alive from the debris. Amongst
them, a girl named Reshma was rescued alive from debris of Rana Plaza at 4:25pm
Friday on 17th day of collapse.
She is now undergoing treatment at Savar Combined Military Hospital.
Rescuers suspected that more bodies remained trapped under the collapsed
building.
Rescue team is conducting the 2nd phase of the rescue operation with heavy
equipments continued for the 13th consecutive day to recover last body from the
rubble in the collapsed nine-storied building.
Earlier on April 24, the 9-storied building–Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar bus
stand area of Dhaka which housed five garment factories, a branch of bank and a
market.
The death toll from the disastrous Rana Plaza collapse climbed to 1055 with the recovery of 38 more bodies till Friday night.The 38 bodies were pulled out of the ruins from 8pm on Thursday till 9pm on Friday, said General Commanding Officer of the 9th Infantry Division Major General Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy.
Of the retrieved bodies, 742 were handed over to the families and kept at the morgues of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Mitford Medical College Hospital.
A total of 2,438 people have been rescued alive so far from the rubble of the Rana Plaza that came down crashing on April 24.
Of them, nine succumbed to their injuries at different hospitals.
Reshma, the young garment worker, was pulled out alive today after 391 hours into the disastrous Rana Plaza collapse.
Reshma who hails from Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur district was a worker of New Wave Bottoms Ltd.
Rescuers pulled her out alive from the rubble of the collapsed building around 4:26pm today. Later, she was taken to the Combined Military Hospital, Savar. UNB
