Accord teams suggest evacuation of six more RMG units

FE Report
The Accord inspection teams recommended immediate evacuation of six more garment units on the grounds of structural flaws, sources involved with the process said.
The factories are: Four Wings Ltd, Terry Pvt Ltd, All Weather Fashion, Elegant and Libas Textile located in Dhaka while Mens Apparel is located in the port city, they added.
Following the Accord's recommendation, the review committee, comprising representatives from the government, the Accord, the Alliance, BUET, BGMEA and BKMEA have started scrutinising the recommendations.
The review committee already visited two units - Four Wings and Terry Pvt Ltd - Wednesday, Inspector General of Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments Syed Ahmed told the FE.
"The strength of columns of the two factories will be scrutinised and then a final decision will be taken," he said adding that the rest four factories will be scrutinised accordingly.
Earlier, the Accord's inspection teams and the official review committee temporary suspended production of three apparel units after detecting structural flaws there.
Out of the three, two still remain closed while the other is operating after reducing load of its unit.
When asked, Accord Executive Director Rob Wayss told the FE that their engineers are working with the review committee.
Under its inspection programme, the Accord has so far assessed structural integrity of 180 garment factories while it has also assessed fire and electrical compliances on 224 units.