The compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza disaster two years ago is $8.5 million short of its $30 million goal. More than 1,133 workers were killed on April 24, 2013, when the eight-story building housing five apparel factories collapsed in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, and compensation for the injured, survivors and dependents has been slow in coming. With less than 30 days left for the second anniversary of the tragedy, the urgency to pay the second tranch of compensation to the 5,000 victims identified by the Rana Plaza Coordination Committee has become imbued with the need for a quicker resolution. Survivors of Rana Plaza have been asking for a speedier settlement, too. Rehana Begum, who lives in Savar, lost the only breadwinner in her family in the disaster. She said she had followed the procedures, filled in forms, opened a bank account and had received some money as compensation already. “I don’t know how much it was,” she said, but added that she knew that her need for the next payment was urgent for her own survival as well as for her orphaned grandchild. “There are sufficient resources to make another 30 percent payment,” said Dan Rees, who is overseeing this project
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