One year on from the world’s worst textile factory disaster some mourners in Bangladesh are still waiting for news of their lost relatives, while others are demanding government compensation. <br /><br />Rashida Begum’s daughter was in the Rana Plaza factory when it collapsed, killing some 1,129 people.<br /><br />She is still missing.<br /><br />“I couldn’t find her (Kulsum) anywhere,” says Begum. “Even the DNA test on the blood sample I gave did not match any of the unidentified bodies. No one but Allah knows what has happened to her body. We’ve no idea where they’ve (authorities) kept the body.” <br /><br />Reshma Begum is one of the survivors of the disaster. She was buried for 17 days before being found and is still haunted by the experience.<br /><br />“I can’t tolerate darkness in my room at night,” she says. “The light is always switched on (at night). If it’s turned off, I start panicking. It feels like…what I can say? Like I am still there.” <br /><br />The eight-storey factory is said to have been illegally constructed and families of the victims are stepping up their demands for compensation. <br /><br />An independent panel formed under the direction of Bangladesh’s High Court recommended that those disabled by the collapse and the families of the dead should receive more than 13,000 euros.<br /><br />But a year on, many say they are still waiting to receive a full payout.
