Sunday 7 October 2012

Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction Management,held at NFCL in Kakinada in East Godavari district



Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction Management,
Action plan essential to face industrial disasters: Collector




East Godavari District Collector Neetu Kumari Prasad speaking at the workshop on industrial disaster risk reduction management held at NFCL in Kakinada in East Godavari district on Friday (Photo HANS)

Kakinada: Each and every industry and organisation should formulate a plan to prevent disasters and should preserve it with all the details, East Godavari District Collector Neetu Kumari Prasad said here on Friday. She attended the workshop on Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction Management, held under the aegis of District Disaster Management Authority, Chief Inspector of Factories and NFCL, at NFCL in Kakinada on Friday.
Speaking on this occasion, Neetu Kumari Prasad said that calamities are being dealt with successfully with the cooperation of industries and organisations in the district and recalled how accidents like Pallam fire and the sinking of Syamala Sadan Apartment, with the support of various industries.
She said that the industries as well as the district machinery would have to face the consequences if disasters were not dealt with properly. She made it clear that no industry can tackle disasters independently without the support of the district machinery. She stressed the need for the cooperation between the government, industries and organization to prevent industrial and other accidents.
The Collector stressed the need for clear action plan in the form of documentation to face the accidents that occur in various industries. She said that it is very important for industry to have a clear action plan to deal with any eventuality and made it clear that it is not possible to cope with disasters without prior action plan. For example, an action plan has been prepared in the form of a book, to face calamities like cyclones and floods with details of duties of various departments and phone numbers, she said.
She opined that it is easy for industries to prevent accidents by preparing an action plan as per manual. She observed that these kinds of workshops would create awareness on the steps to be taken to prevent industrial disasters and suggested to the industry to take this issue very seriously.

Vice-president (Operations) NFCL, R Raghavan, Executive secretary Coastal disaster mitigation, Gurudutt Prasad, and state coordinator of Positive Community Impact Sanjeev Peethala spoke on the occasion.
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Workshop on industrial disaster management
Collector Neetu Prasad at a workshop on disaster management at Kakinada on Friday.
The District Disaster Management Authority, in association with the Inspector of Factories, Kakinada region, conducted a workshop on ‘Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction/Management’ on the premises of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited here on Friday.
Collector Neetu Prasad, who was the chief guest, stressed the need for disaster preparedness in the industries. She felt that the preparedness would help reduce the losses during the exigencies. Superintendent Police C.M. Trivikram Varma underscored the need for putting a communication system in place, which would help the effective management of crisis. Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories J. Sivasankar Reddy, Inspector of Factories P. Chinna Rao, vice-president of the NFCL R. Raghavan and others were present

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