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A garments workers’ association has demanded that the compensations for the dead and the injured workers of Rana Plaza be paid by April 24. The National Garments Workers Federation formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Saturday to voice the demand. The families of the deceased, the injured and those still unaccounted for from the Rana Plaza collapse and the Tazreen Fashion fire were present there. Federation President Amirul Haque Amin said foreign buyers had pledged only Tk 17 million against the Tk 40 million in compensations estimated by the Rana Plaza Compensation Arrangement Coordinating Committee formed under ILO supervision. “This is not only frustrating, it’s humiliating. The victims are not begging for alms, they are making legitimate claims,” he said, according to a news agency.