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Shipbreaking yards: Where safety takes a back seat

by Arun Bikash Dey in The Daily Star, Mar 10, 2023Another accident occurred at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday, claiming one life. But such accidents, and the injuries and deaths that accompany them, are nothing new there. In the past 18 years, 251 workers have been killed in accidents at shipbreaking yards. According to experts and rights activists, frequent accidents have been occurring at these sites due to the “sheer negligence” of…