VADODARA: The Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) along with the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) in association with
the Employment and Labour Department of Gujarat government organized a one day
conference on 'Ship Recycling Code: implementation, challenges and the way forward'
at Bhavnagar on Wednesday.
The conference was organized to create
awareness towards safety management in ship recycling with reference to roles
and responsibilities of various concerned agencies involved in ship recycling.
Officials from GMB, director general
of Factory Advise Safety and Labor Institute (DGFSALI), director of Industrial
Safety and Health (DISH), Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Petroleum
Safety Organization (PESO) and Ship Recycling Industrial Association (SRIA)
were present to disseminate their roles in ship breaking at the conference.
Speaking at the inaugural session
Sanjay Prasad, principal secretary of Gujarat government's labour and
employment department said the state government has allocated a budget of Rs 30
crore for setting up an ESIC hospital in Alang.
Prasad announced that Gujarat
government will set up Kaushalya Vardhan Kendras in Alang and start skill
training for the workers involved in ship breaking through Mahatma Gandhi
Labour Institute to upscale the quality of workers.
He added that he looks forward to the
support from SRIA on these trainings and the adherence to the ship breaking
code to make Alang an accident free zone for which he required the personal
involvement of owners of ship recycling plots.
Source: times
of india. 23 July 2014
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