20 January 2011

Gujarat Maritime Board to upgrade existing ship recycling yards:

Alang Sosia is no more a domestic site. Its an international site in terms of both business and news making source considering its environment impact. Gujarat Maritime Board, the coordinati1ng agency for Alang yard is all set to upgrade the facilities at recycling site. It will also commission detailed project report for upgradation of existing ship recycling Yards at Alang Sosia for undertaking Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling Operations.

In the past, GMB had organized a seven day long celebration “Alang Suraksha Mahotsav” at Alang. The Mahotsav witnessed the unprecedented attendance of thousands of workers throughout the week and proved the efficacy of the concept. This was a unique communication exercise by itself as it dispensed the conventional style of pedagogic communication and strived to create awareness by spreading information through entertainment.

The primary objective of this celebration was to educate the workers at Alang on safety measures by highlighting the unpleasant consequences of unsafe working methods and pleasant consequences of safe working methods.

The celebration was marked with variety of entertaining performances by cultural troupes from Gujarat, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, etc and sports competition among the worker community. The cultural performances were conceived as important media for safety awareness as the element of entertainment within were interspersed with important safety messages for the workers.

As a special attraction for the event, two hi-tech interactive robotic devices, human Robot and hydraulic crane were prepared to generate excitement among the workers and communicate the safety messages. The interactive format for the event also included the safety quiz for the workers, wherein the winners were offered surprise prizes. On the concluding day of the event, the safety pledge ceremony was held in which thousands of the workers participated with full enthusiasm.

GMB is all set for these kinds of “Utsavas”. Not strictly celebrations, but precautions.

GMB intends to launch such innovative safety awareness drives from time to time so that the workers and ship-recycling community at large gains valuable insights into safety procedures and develop heightened concern for safe ship breaking practices.

Source: Bhandarkar Publication. BSN Network. Ahmedabad. Thursday
January 6, 2011

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