Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Dr Charan Das Mahant on Friday exhorted the state government to act strongly against the public sector Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in ensuring compensate appointment and other benefits to the families of victims who die there in industrial accidents.
Replying to a question of Congress legislator Devendra Yadav, the Labour Minister Dr Shiv Kumar Daharia earlier said that 12 industrial accidents had taken place in the BSP.
In 12 accidents taken place in BSP from 2019 to June 2022, 12 labourers had died that included nine contract labourers while three were regular employees. Nine contract labourers were seriously injured in these incidents.
The minister said the investigation revealed that the labourers were deployed in the critical works without assessing the threat related to the job.
Daharia said there was no such provision under the labour act to provide job in state government on compassionate basis to the family member of the deceased. However, the state government has been taking the initiative on humanitarian ground.
The minister said the BSP management under its policy had been providing the job on compassionate ground. Of the nine contract labourers who died, family member of four were given job while the dependents of two deceased regular labourers were absorbed.