Gaps in safety protocols, negligence of owners to blame for pharma unit blast: Pawan Kalyan
The Hindu
Deputy Chief Minister expresses concern over industrial accidents, highlighting gaps in safety protocols and need for strict audits.
Expressing serious concern at the frequent industrial accidents, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan said the accident that killed several workers in the pharmaceutical unit of Escientia Advanced Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (EASPL) at Achutapuram in Anakapalli district was because of gaps in the safety protocols.
He said a dispute between two owners of the company might have led to negligence in complying with the safety rules and it eventually had cost the lives of the workers.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday, August 22, Mr. Kalyan said safety audits were not being done as per norms, and there were certain apprehensions among the industrialists about the inspections which were supposed to be carried out at regular intervals.
He said basically the industries should be proactive in following the safety procedures, while the government ought to do a fine balancing act of giving various approvals without much hassles from the Ease of Doing Business perspective and getting safety audits done strictly as per the given mandate.
Safety should be a continuous process, he said, adding that Wednesday’s incident at EASPL warranted an intense exercise of implementing safety rules by all the departments concerned.
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