We need to work with more humanitarian perspective for the industrial health and security in the State, said labour minister Chandrashekhar Sahu. Mentioning the Mukhyamantri Helmet Suraksha Yojana, declared by Chief Minister Raman Singh recently, Sahu said, if serious attention was given to smallest measures like this helmet scheme, better security could be given to the labourers.
While addressing a one-day state-level workshop on “silicosis and industrial security”, jointly organized by the labour department and industrial health and security directorate, here on Wednesday, the minister said that such factories and mines where possibilities of labourers could be affected by silicosis should be marked. In such institutions, labourers and factory owners need to be made aware of this disease and the preventive measures from it, he added.
Chhattisgarh labour Welfare Board chairman Sriniwas Tiwari, Chhattisgarh Housing and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board chairman Mohan Anti, additional chief secretary Vivek Dhand, security director of directorate of Factory Advisory Service and labour Institution Vishwanathan, institutional head of Regional labour Institution Kanpur Dr Brijmohan, deputy director health Dr C Bhattacharya and labour commissioner D Jitendra Kumar were present at the workshop.
The Minister said that special X-ray machine useful in identifying silicosis disease would be made available soon and for that financial arrangement has already been made. The State Government, with the cooperation of all, has been making every possible effort for the implementation of best security measures in industries and factories for the labourers.
Additional chief secretary Vivek Dhand said that efforts were being made for the establishment of hygiene lab, where all sorts of health examination facilities would be available, in the state for the labourers. The state government has been purchasing a bus costing Rs 25 lakh, which would be equipped with X-ray machine and all necessary facilities for the health check up of labourers, including ear, eye, would be available. This bus will reach factories and examine the health of the labourers.