Dhaka - Safety overhauls of Bangladesh's garment factories were running behind schedule and none were considered totally safe two years after the Rana Plaza disaster, a global labour group said Thursday.
IndustriALL said thousands of factories were found to have some structural flaws following inspections carried out in the wake of the tragedy that killed more than 1,100 people.
The Swiss-based group said efforts to upgrade the factories were lagging despite some 200 mostly European retailers signing an agreement to improve them.
"Important progress has been made, but the fact that all remediation is currently behind schedule, some over six months behind, is a serious problem," IndustriALL said in a statement on the eve of Friday's anniversary of the disaster.
"It is an unacceptable reality that not a single factory can yet be called 100 per cent safe," the group, which played a key role in sealing the agreement, said.
AFP
