textile mills Sure still a luxury in Bangladesh

In the weeks following the collapse Rana Plaza followed killed more than 1,100 workers, at least five different agencies Bangladesh inspection teams to begin some 5,600 factories, which make up 20 billion in the clothing industry of the nation.Discount Louis Vuitton But there is little coordination between the authorities and officials are unable to say exactly how many plants were checked. Estimates range from only 60 340 While the U.S. and European retailers who had hoped buy clothes the majority of Bangladesh to the factory inspections have been completed in nine to 12 months, inspectors and government officials say it will take at least five years. Bangladesh has less than 200 qualified inspectors. Between the various agencies, which are often superficial visual assessments have to separate - Bangladesh is far from sufficient for inspections sophisticated technical equipment - means that some textile factories were visited several times, while others n 'had no control. "This is a big annoyance for us, and then we will get through it, no one checked all the other plants in the neighborhood who have not had a single control," said administrator Emdadul Islamic clothing Babylon, the Wal-Mart Stores, Tesco and H & M stores offering "Our leaders are focused on entertainment inspectors take their job because none of the teams talk to each other." Babylon spent six inspections this year. Islam showed certificates from Bureau Veritas, Wal-Mart turned to inspect suppliers, and Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit, which inspects plants Tesco. Others have the controls are the Textile Ministry and Bangladesh National Garment Association, the inspection crew of four for three hours hunting cracks that could indicate structural defects such as Rana Plaza - a tower built illegally where security were ignored. In reviewing the security surprise Miami clothes, workers unearthed a fire extinguisher under a pile of shirts, an inspector show. He was four floors alone in the square, the 15,000-conditioning. The building code requires a fire extinguisher of 550 square meters Inspector Abdul Latif Helaly and two colleagues from the Department for the development of the capital Dhaka, in charge of Urban Development, presented in a list of observations about the facility, which is in a residential building - Another Code Based abuse. There was only a narrow exit stairs, floors weak and inadequate supporting pillars to support the load of the system. "This is a relatively compliant plants and no action should be taken here," said Helaly visual inspection after 30 minutes, performed without the use of tools. "We asked the owner of its factory in a new building to move soon and they agreed to do in the next two years." After signing the bill's plant health inspectors have two hands shirts by the owners. Bangladesh is committed to strengthen the rights of workers and hire more safety inspectors after the EU, which gives preferential access to the Bangladesh Garment, threatened with punitive measures. Last month, U.S. President Barack Obama cut business benefits for Bangladesh in a largely symbolic response to the conditions in the garment industry. Apparel exports from Bangladesh increased by 16 percent in June, shows that retailers not to distract from the Rana Plaza tragedy. A group of 80 mostly European retailers that have signed an agreement to perform coordinated checks in Bangladesh have begun to hire and train inspectors on their own around 1,000 factories that supply their check marks. "The whole process is very slow," said Jyrki Raina, General Secretary of the union IndustriALL in Switzerland, which is based oversees the plan. He said the group would only be the initial security checks within nine months, and takes about five years with the repair, make final inspection and report all the plants safe. North American retailers such as Wal-Mart and Gap have formed their own alliance, and we are confident that we will. Complete control of the 500 plants that their members in July 2014 They hire a third party to inspect factories and not re-inspect those who have already been accepted in the form of Nate Herman, vice president, said for international trade at the American Apparel and Footwear Association, which is part of the federal government. He said inspections would begin from November. At a security conference in Dhaka building earlier this month, are government agencies, powerful Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, not agreed as to coordinate security controls. According to officials who attended the meeting, she rode plant inspection and do not share their findings. "We need to independently verify the buildings and yet the club can not be responsible for the lack of coordination., The government should look," said Shamsul Haque, Additional Secretary of the Association. The association, which has 10 inspectors, said he checked 400 factories closed and 20 of them. The goal is visual inspection of all factories membership in December 2500 to conclude - based on an ambitious path to 12 checks per day on three or four teams of inspectors who take at least three hours, to complete each exam. The results of the first visual inspections that will raise a red flag sent to the university, the first technical university in the country for further consideration. While the University has the know-how to carry out structural inspections, it lacks both the manpower and equipment. "We need more sophisticated equipment, and if we doubled our staff strength of 30, we pursue a thorough preliminary investigation on all plants completed in 18 months," said Mohammad Mujibur Rahman, head of the Department of Civil Engineering University.Discount Gucci