The Ministry of Labour and Employment has asked all States and Union Territories to take measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the ensuing heat wave on workers and labourers working in different sectors.
A heat wave over most parts of North East India, East and Central India and some part of Northwest India is causing above normal temperature for the season. Mercury is breaching 40 degree Celsius in many places including in the northeast.
Centre, in a letter to Chief Secretaries /Administrators of all States/UTs emphasised on the need to issue directions to the occupiers/ employers/ construction companies/ industries to undertake necessary steps to lessen the impact of the extreme hot weather on its workers and labourers.
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According to PIB, it suggested re-scheduling of working hours for employees/workers, ensuring adequate drinking water facilities at work places, making provision for emergency ice packs and heat illness prevention material to construction workers, coordinating with Health Department to ensure regular health check-up of the workers, adhering to Health Advisory issued by M/o Heath & Family Welfare for Employers and Workers.
Further, the letter also presses upon the need to issue instructions to the Managements of Mines asking them to undertake immediate steps to make provision for rest areas, adequate quantity of cool water and electrolyte supplements near the workplace.
Allowing work at slow pace in case the worker feels unwell, allowing rest times and flexible schedules to let workers do the hardest work during the coolest parts of the day with, assigning a two-person crew to perform work duri.ng extremely hot temperatures, ensuring proper ventilation in underground mines and making the workers aware of dangers from excessive heat and humidity and remedial measures are some of the other measures suggested
Apart from factories and mines, the Labour Secretary has also impressed upon the need to pay special attention to construction workers, and brick kiln workers and to carry out adequate information dissemination at the Labour Chowks, PIB informed.
