West Bengal authorities has referred to as a meeting on May 10 with stakeholders of the industry, factories, tea gardens to make sure the safety of employees from the pandemic
The West Bengal authorities has referred to as a meeting on May 10 with stakeholders of industry, factories, tea gardens to make sure the safety of employees from the pandemic and continuity of enterprise because of the raging second wave of COVID pandemic, sources stated.
The state authorities has restricted the variety of workforce at a time to 50 per cent together with in tea gardens. But, within the case of the jute mills, the variety of employees in a single shift had been diminished additional to 30 per cent.
“A virtual meeting will be held on May 10 which will be presided by the principal secretary of the Labour Department to ensure the protection of workers in industries, factories, mills, manufacturing units and tea gardens, from the current Covid pandemic and effective role of management in strictly implementing various guidelines,” sources informed PTI.
The authorities has suggested carrying of masks, upkeep of bodily distancing and Covid associated well being and hygiene protocols should be adopted always. Sanitisation of workplaces, work locations, industrial items, business institutions should be carried out at common intervals.
The state authorities has additionally instructed that every one jute mills and different premises that had been occupied by Central safety forces in the course of the election interval, ought to be totally sanitised.
Jute is a labor-intensive industry with 2.5 lakh industrial employees in over 60 jute mills of Bengal and mills work in three shifts and round 4,000 bales of jute baggage are produced daily.
But with a 30 % workforce, the backlog of jute bag provide to wheat-producing states like Haryana, Punjab, MP, UP and Bihar, will improve, mill officers stated. Indian Jute Mills Association had dedicated to the provision of 14 lakh bales of jute baggage within the Kharif season between June and November 2021.
The 30 % workforce regulation within the jute industry has been imposed with an purpose to stop the unfold of the lethal illness.Â
