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Fire Brigade, Police Personnel Rescue Trapped Labourers

  •   Tue, Feb 19 2008 04:29:12 PM

from Rajtilak Naik
for Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (GA)

Panaji, Feb 19: Three lobourers were rescued by the Goa fire brigade and police teams, after a heavy mud slab came down on the lobourers who were  busy digging for a sewerage project on the road side at St Inez, Panaji on Tuesday February 19 afternoon.

Two of the trapped lobourers were rescued with ease while the third labourer was rescued after battling for nearly 2 hours. The fire personnels took help of two fire tenders, electronic cutters and a  poklin. After learning about the incident, former chief minister and the leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar visited the site. Parrikar is also the city MLA. Opposition leader, Taleigao MLA, Babush Monserrate and the city mayor Tony Rodrigues and DySP Mohan Naik were also present with him.

The labourers were immediately shifted to a nearby city hospital. Further investigations are on under the leadership of Panaji PI, Sudesh Naik.
  

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  • Gration D' Souza, Mangalore

    Thu, Feb 21 2008

    Shocking incident, most of these type of incidents and accidents are not brought to public, innocent laborers are put into work with out safety in place at the work site. Personal Protective equipment ( PPE ) should be made compulsory by the govening bodies.

    NGO's should involve in this regard and try to regulate this issue with the concerned. We hope these poor employees will be saved from unforseen hazards by looding their lives at their work sites if safety is in place.

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  • munna, mangalore

    Wed, Feb 20 2008

    This is not the first Incident...why in india safety is Not Given much Importance..Is That just Because Thier Poor..Look At This Matter Seriously..

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  • Shrinath Shet, Udupi - Muscat

    Wed, Feb 20 2008

    Many of the contractors are not following the Health and Safety standards. Its better to make them aware about the HSE (Health & Safety Executive). Standards should be followed strictly without any compromise and all the construction operatives should be given training on the Health & Safety aspects.

    Also, they should be provided with PPE (Personal Protective Equipments). Government organisations should insist the contractors to follow these standards with good quality training, PPEs, display boards, medical facilities, etc. Then only these types of hazards / accidents can be minimised.

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  • Ronald, Udupi

    Wed, Feb 20 2008

    I suspect these labourers digging Chua boring(It is just like how a rat digs tunnel), which is very dangerous and inhuman activity. Contractors normally force labourers to do this activity while the Clients(Governement) is blindly watching.

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