Speakers at a workshop Wednesday said in the interest of the nation the ship-breaking industry should be allowed to flourish along with environmental conservation.
They also emphasised clearing misunderstandings centring the industry, which are largely related to sound environment.
The speakers stressed the need for nurturing a strong commitment by the nation to adopt a 'green approach' for uplift of the ship-breaking industry and environmental preservation.
They also suggested proper training of the ship-breaking workers so that unwarranted incidents could not occur in the sector.
Their observation came at a workshop titled “National Workshop on Environmentally Sustainable ShipBreaking Industries' as per ISO 30000: Solutions for Bangladesh
Commerce minister Faruk Khan, who was chief guest at the programme, said that the ship-breaking industry is needed for development of Bangladesh
He asked BCSIR to boost its manpower and develop laboratories to achieve international standard.
Prof Dr SM Imamul Huq, chairman, BCSIR, presided over the workshop. Dr Mala Khan, project director, Instrumentation and Calibration Service Laboratory (ICSL) of BCSIR delivered the welcome address.
Dharmesh Jani, quality management consultant to German Development Bank, presented the key-note paper on the topic.
Regulations aimed at streamlining the shipbreaking industry would be finalised by next month, director general of the environment directorate Manwar Islam has said.
He said that the draft of the regulation on unsafe and ship-breaking waste management had already been finalised.
Islam, while addressing a workshop at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) on Wednesday, also expressed his hope that the regulation would soon get cabinet approval.
He said that once the regulation was passed it would present a full instruction on which policies should be followed by the industry.
At present, there are 125 ship-breaking yards in the country, of which, only 16 have authorisation from the directorate.
The other yards, which had also applied for authorisation, are currently undergoing verification, he added.
Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder, secretary at the ministry of environment and forests also spoke on the occasion.
Source: The Financial Express, Dhaka , Thursday December 30 2010
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