Workers continue to suffer at Alang due to government apathy
Supreme Court had set up a high-level committee of technical experts to examine the working conditions at the Alang shipbreaking yard, Asia's biggest shipbreaking yard. The committee, headed by Prodipto Ghosh, secretary, Union ministry of environment and forests, submitted its report early this month, pinning the blame of poor workers' health on the working conditions and lax regulations.
The report claims that almost one in every six workers in Alang is a victim of asbestosis