DHAKA: Some 500 workers, who sustained injuries in Rana Plaza building collapse, have been included in the “Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry” project.

Planning Commission sources said a revision is being made regarding the project to develop the skill of some 1,500 workers including that of 500 Rana Plaza victims.

Infrastructure of two institutions – Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) and Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) – will be developed under the project.

The development will open the door to provide medical service more to the workers who will become victims of accident and assistance for their rehabilitation.

Proposed by the Ministry of Commerce, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Social is implementing the project to improve the social and environmental conditions of 492 factories across the country.

The estimated budget of the project was TK 39.9 crore, which was later increased to Tk 88.6 crore to provide assistance to the victims of Rana Palaz tragedy.

Planning Commission industry and power department joint chief Shwapan Kundo Ghosh told banglanews, “The project has been revised for the third time; consequently, apparel workers will get the benefits directly and the implementing period has been fixed from July 2010 to June 2015.”

BDST: 1955 HRS MAY 10, 2014