Alang Ship Recycling

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Worker Safety

1. Awareness drive through
   • Hoardings at strategic locations
   • Display of posters
   • Occasional screening of film on safety.
2. Training Programme
   • Training to safety supervisors and Mukadams
   • Audio-visual training to the workers
   • Setting up of a modern training cum welfare institute.
   • Three days training programme on "Basic Safety Training for All" is being conducted.
3. Safety Evaluation through impartial team
   • Three rounds of safety evaluation completed.
   • Results conveyed to individual plot holder for improvements.
   • Fourth Round of Safety audit will be carried out during 2007-08.
   • " Standing Council for Safety measures enforcement at Alang" is formed by Government of Gujarat.
4. Monitoring
   • Accidents are inquired & studied and measures are taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents

Future Plan

1. Intensive job-oriented training.
2. Introduction of partial mechanization.
3. Splitting up macro and micro level cutting.
4. Involvement of experts for undertaking risky operations.
5. Well-conceived multi-pronged safety awareness drive.

Health and Welfare Measures

1. Health

• Facilities for primary treatment are available at the Red Cross Hospital along with well-equipped burns ward.
• Mobile Medical Van with doctor service.
• A full-fledged hospital is built by a public Trust. Medical treatment will commence shortly.
• Periodical health camp in association with ship breakers.
• Health Awareness project through Bhavnagar Blood Bank in association with Gujarat State AIDS Control Society.
• Organized Health check up camp at Training Institute as well as at the yard.
   

1. Recreation

• Playgrounds for major sports are developed near the site of proposed housing colony.
• Sports Tournaments are occasionally organized.

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