A supply labourer, Ramnaresh Singh, slipped and fell on the premises of DVC's Bokaro Thermal Plant and died on the spot Here on Saturday, . The deceased labourer was working in the dozer section of the CHP plant. He had reached duty in the first shift. Meanwhile, he slipped on the road near the CHP and died. After some time, when other workers saw Ramnaresh Singh lying on the ground, they informed the management and others. When he was examined on the spot, he was found dead.
After getting information about this, fellow workers and union leaders reached the spot and informed the management about the incident. The union representatives and workers were demanding to keep the dead body in the plant and give jobs to his dependents along with other compensation.
In the joint talks held in the auditorium of the technical building between the local management and the union representatives of the supply labourers demanding employment of the family of the deceased as supply labourers, the family of the deceased was given the opportunity to be employed as a supply labourer and it was agreed to do.
In the said talks, representing all the unions, General Secretary of DVC Contract labour union and BJP District President Bharat Yadav demanded from the local management that as per clause 9 of the three-party agreement concluded on 26.3.2019 for the supply workers, they should be present at the workplace during working hours. There is a provision to employ the family members of the deceased supply laborers in their place in the conveniently unskilled category, on the basis of which the family members of many deceased supply laborers working in DVC's Bokaro Thermal and Chandrapura Establishment have been employed.
Therefore, according to the said agreement, to employ the family of the deceased, the local management should send an e-mail to the headquarters, Kolkata and immediately obtain the required approval, after which the last rites of the deceased will be performed.
In the light of the above demand, Deputy General Manager B.G. Holkar sent it by Chief General Manager NK Chaudhary through e-mail to Rakesh Ranjan, Executive Director (M.S.) of DVC for obtaining necessary approvals along with positive recommendations.
Executive Director Rakesh Ranjan took prompt action and agreed to the proposal of the local management and gave approval through e-mail to employ the family of the deceased as facility supply labourers and the local management provided ten thousand rupees to the family of the deceased immediately after the last rites of the deceased and assured that as per the rules, the amount of gratuity, insurance and EDLI and Employees' Provident Fund will be paid to the deceased as soon as possible. Further action will be taken and after receiving the nominee's application for employment along with the death certificate of the deceased, the family members of the deceased will be immediately employed. After this, the body of the deceased was taken for post-mortem by the local police.