Quetta—At least three labourers died
and several others injured when heavy load fell over them while working in the
Gadani shipbreaking yard on the Balochistan coast here Friday. According to
details, labourers were busy in routine work at the shipbreaking yard, about
50 kilometres northwest of Karachi, when heavy iron material from a ship’s deck
fell on them.
Three labourers were killed on the
spot while several others sustained wounds. The injured labourers were rushed
to Karachi hospital for treatment where according to hospital condition of some
of them was serious. It should be mentioned that Gadani shipbreaking yard is
one of the world’s largest ship breaking operations where ship breaking has
been taking place since before Pakistan’s independence. Thousands of local
labourers work in unsafe conditions, often for a pittance.
With annual capacity of breaking over
a hundred ships of all sizes, the yard is located on a 10 km stretch of beach
at Gadani, 50 kilometres from Karachi city. Thousands of Karachiites daily
visit the Gadani beach for its majestic beauty. Fires and accidents are common
in the shipbreaking yard where workers extract metals, steel pipes and valves,
electricity cables, machinery and wood from derelict ships.
Source:
Pak Observer. 20 October 2012
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=178906
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