Bokaro Steel Plant observed the International Day for Biological Diversity-2014 by organising a workshop on the theme Steel Making in Harmony with Nature in association with the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB).
The inaugural session of the workshop was organised on 22nd May at the HRD Centre auditorium in which Chairman, JSPCB AK Mishra was the chief guest. Also present on the occasion were Member-Secretary, JSPCB Dr M Mahto, BSl S Dasgupta, DFO (Bokaro) Kumar Manish, EDs, GMs and other senior officials of BSl and the plant's Environment Control collective.
The inaugural session commenced with welcome of the guests by GM (ECD) Shri KR Majumdar. Thereafter, a short documentary highlighting BSl's myriad initiatives towards environment conservation was presented. In his address, chief guest Mishra lauded BSl for organising the workshop and for its efforts in maintaing harmony with nature in its systems and processes.
He also laid emphasis on the significance of social and environmental development along with economic development and the role of industries in this direction. Dr Mahto enumerated the importance of prevention and control of pollution as well as protection and upkeep of the environment. Dasgupta explained the various initiatives undertaken by BSl for maintaing harmony with nature during steel making. Manish dwelt upon the need to ensure far-reaching benefits of activities undertaken for environment upkeep.
After the inaugural session, a technical session on the theme of the workshop was organised at Bokaro Niwas. A total of 65 participants from BCCl, CTPS, BTPS, JP Cement, SAIl-ECD, RDCIS and BSl took part in the workshop.