Under the aegis of DGMS, Chaibasa region, final day of 56th Annual Mines Safety Week was held at Keonjhar on Saturday.
Director General Mines Safety, Dhanbad, PK Sarkar who was the chief guest on the occasion told that safety measures should be always updated and innovative instead of depending on the traditional methods. He further told that focus of the safety should be more on the workers engaged by the contractors and economic and social development should go side by side.
Others guests were Deputy Director General of Mines Safety,Chaibasa Satish Kumar, DMS,Chaibasa and Chairman, AMSWCC S Chakraborty, Director (P&P), OMC Ltd and Vice-Chairman AMSWCC RN Praharaj, Director Mines Safety, Chaibasa, Ananda Agrawalla, DMS, Chaibasa Saket Bharati, president, EZMA RL Mohanty, AK Yadav and PK Sahoo.
DGMS Sarkar felicitated MD Rustogi for life- time achievement in mining sector. Prizes under different categories of safety were distributed. Total 44 mines of SAIL, Tata Steel, Rungta, OMC, MG Mohanty, Essel Mines Jindal, KMC, SN Mohanty, Triveni Earth Movers participated in the programme.
This year programme was hosted by OMC, a State PSU and Indrani Patnaik Mines will host the same in the next year.