Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The recent incident involving a large number of workers at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka receiving substantial radiation doses due to drinking from a cooler contaminated with tritiated water (containing a radioactive isotope of hydrogen) is disturbing for a number of reasons. The nuclear establishment has tried to …
PAWAN BALI Around 29 people have died in mining operations of Coal India Limited (CIL) in the last six months, exposing how the workers' lives are at risk while working for the PSU. According to the agenda papers prepared for the 33rd meeting of the standing committee on safety in …
New Delhi, Oct. 25 The Vice-President, Mr M. Hamid Ansari, has said that while the Indian mining industry has achieved phenomenal progress in production and productivity, accidents are also occurring. Addressing a function organised by the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Mr Ansari pointed out the death rate and …
Smoke billows out of cracks in Bokapahari in this file picture of Jharia Dhanbad, Sept. 24: Concerned over the underground fire that is threatening to singe the Jharia township, social organisations here are mulling an agitation if steps to control the blaze are not taken without delay. Jharia Coalfield Bachao …
TIRUCHI: The zonal and state level mine safety awards, for the best mines and best employees of mines in various trades, would be presented during the valediction of the Mine Safety Week here this weekend. Over 100 prizes are to be given away during the two-day event hosted by the …
BHUBANESWAR: For the first time in India, Orissa will become the only state to have a rehabilitation centre for industrial workers, who met with accidents while disbursing their duties. Earlier, the industrial workers were subjected only to a monetary benefit scheme following a mishap, but no other way to help …
Sukh Ram strips to his bare minimum and slithers into a stinky manhole as traffic whizzes above him. With no masks to protect against odious fumes, no protective gloves and a primitive spade as a tool, his job is to clean a choked drain of muck so that it does …
They Work In Harsh Conditions Without healthcare facilities Aruna Raghuram | TNN Ahmedabad: They may be the salt of the earth, but in Kutch they live in deplorable conditions. For one, good health seems unattainable for women salt workers, or agariyas. A study conducted by head of Peace Research Centre …
Sangeetha Neeraja AN UNOFFICIAL BAN ON EXPLOSIVES DURING POLLS HAS SEVERELY AFFECTED THEIR LIVELIHOOD THE life of a quarry worker is hardly an enviable one, consisting, as it does, of hours of hard grinding labour under the scorching sun. And the election season has only made things worse for them. …
CISF personnel attack trade unionists CUDDALORE: A scuffle ensued between the trade unionists and the Central Industrial Security Forces personnel at Neyveli Lignite Corporation following an accident at Mine-I that claimed the life of an employee on Thursday. While Sakthivel (41), employed in the gravel yard of Mine-I, was returning …
HC Irked Over Failure To Adopt Safety Measures New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued contempt notices to the vice chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), CEO of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and MD of Delhi Small Industries Development Corporation (DSIDC) for failing to adopt safety and health …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued contempt of court notices to the Delhi Jal Board Chief Executive Officer, the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority and the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation for their failure to comply with Court orders to ensure safety of contract …
The 32nd meeting of the standing committee on safety in coal mines was held on 17th March, 2009 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri Santosh Bagrodia, Hon
This document on chemical disaster management contains detailed descriptive lectures, talks of holistic disaster management (DM) framework, integration of chemical risk to holisitc and multi-hazard risk management, site assessment, legal framework, district level DM planning, as well as capacity building. It also includes geological, meteorological, health and community issues in …
