Coal India to Fill Up Supervisory Posts to Enhance Mine Safety

New Delhi: To further reduce mine fatalities, Coal India has decided to constitute a panel to fill up the vacant supervisory level posts for enhancing safety at the mines of the PSU. "The committee will look into vacant posts pertaining to safety. The committee will also propose necessary relaxation if required for filling up posts of supervisory levels responsible for maintaining safety," CIL acting Chairman and Managing Director Zohra Chatterji said. The decision was taken in the 49th meeting of Safety Board of CIL which was held yesterday. The committee, to be set up under Director (Personnel) CIL, will also include Executive Director (Safety) and representatives of DGMS ( Director General of Mines Safety) among others, she said. The recommendations made by the panel would be examined on a regular basis. "The recommendations of the committee will be monitored regularly in the CMD meet," Chatterji said. The fatalities in Coal India is the last year came down by 42.2 per cent to 52, over 90 in 2010. The public sector firm claims that it registered lowest fatalities in 2011 since it inception in 1975.
Source: PTI