On January 12, 2011, a
Mauritius accident sent 11 people from Bangladesh (Brahmanbaria and
Comilla) and 1 from Mauritius to death. The 11 people were in Mauritius
for 2 weeks and were garment workers. Other 3 people were injured and
hospitalised. The 12 people died in a car accident, while they were
going to work. A lorry came into collision with their car and the
Mauritius accident happened at around 7.00 o’clock. All the victims were
brought to a hospital where the injured ones got treatment. After the
Mauritius accident, Wahidur Rahman – the Africa Wing’s Director General
of the Foreign Ministry stated to press that the bodies will be brought
back in Bangladesh and the injured victims will receive all the needed
treatment.
He
also said that the deceased people were working at
sewing machines, at the Pandemonio Co Ltd and
arrived in Mauritius at the end of December 2010.
According to the director general, who received the
information from the honorary consul general, the
workers had all insurance coverage and the company
will give the money for the bodies return and the
injured workers will receive compensations.
The authorities said that the bilateral relations
between Mauritius and Bangladesh are excellent and
workers from Bangladesh come to Mauritius to work in
fishing, constructions and garments industries. In
the day of this statement, 23 people were also
coming to the island to work and more than 12.000
workers from Bangladesh are in Mauritius at work,
with work permit. The number of these workers
increases every day.
After the Mauritius accident, the
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has a meeting with the Foreign
Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade
Mauritius Minister- Arvin Boolell. In the name of the
Mauritius people and government, the minister expressed the
deep regrets and shock for the death of the workers and sent
his sympathy to their family members. The minister assured
the friend country Bangladesh of some compensations for the
ones killed in the Mauritius accident. More, the authorities
promised to work as quickest as possible to return the
deceased’s bodies in their cities. Unfortunately, this is
not a singular Mauritius accident. The authorities have
plans of improving the traffic conditions in order to make
the accidents number as smallest as possible. Another
Mauritius accident had as victim a woman of 33 years old,
working at Air Mauritius, Hema Windy Seetohul. While she was
driving the car, she suffered an accident in which she lost
her life. Before some stressing exams, the woman decided to
go out in town with her friends to relax. According to her
mother, Hema Windy went out at 22.00 o’clock and had a club
as destination. The Mauritius accident happened at the
woman’s return home, at about 2 o’clock in the morning,
after spending her time in Flic en Flac. She had other 3
friends in her car and the Mauritius accident happened when
she tried to overtake other car. The strong impact with a
taxi she hit has as result her death.
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