The final day of the 52nd Annual Mines Safety Week was celebrated here on Monday in the premises of Jilling-langalota Mines of Essel Mining and Industries limited under the aegis of Director General of Mines Safety of Government of India. Mines Safety Deputy Director General P Ranganatheeswar was the chief guest. The guests visited safety stalls put up by Unchabali Iron Mines, Kiriburu Iron Mines, Meghahatuburu Iron Mines, Bolani Iron Mines, Essel Mining, Sarda Mines, Rungta Mines, Gua Iron Mines, Jindal Iron Mines and Tata OMQ.
The meeting started with a welcome song by EMIl-DAV School students, followed by a splendid performance of Bande Utkal Janani by Alive Creations, Bhubaneswar. Director of Mines Safety and Chairman of Annual Mining Safety Week Celebration Committee Satis Kumar, S Bharti and BB Satiar, both DDMs Mines Safety, DMS (Electrical) MK Malvia, DMS, Ranchi Manish Murkute, EZMA president Rl Mohanty and EMIl President and Unit Head PK Panda were the guests of honour.
Altogether, 85 mines participated in the programme and prizes were awarded in 12 categories. While Meghahatuburu Iron Mines of SAIl got the 1st prize for overall performance in A1 Mechanised Iron Ore Group, Koira Iron Mines of EMIl got the 1st prize in Group A2 Mechanised Iron Mines. Patbeda Iron Mines of MGM Group got 1st prize in Group A3 Mechanised Iron Mines and lanjiberna limestone Mines of OCl got 1st prize in Group A Mechanised limestone and Dolomite Mines. A spectacular cultural programme was performed by famous singer Susmita Das and team. Tata Steel Noamundi was handed over with the Safety Flag and the company will host the programme next year.