Our Correspondent:

 

THE high-powered committee of Coal India, constituted to monitor the effective implementation of wages and social security for contract workers, visited NCL’s Bina, Amlohri, and Nigahi projects. The committee members present during the visit included Keshav Rao, Director (Human Resources) - MCL, Manish Kumar, Director (Human Resources) - NCL, Anjar Alam, Director (Finance), ECL, C S Tiwari, Director (Technical), CCL, Gautam Banerjee, Executive Director (HR), CIL, Jayabrata Majumdar, General Manager (CMC), CIL, Ranjan Behera (BMS), Shivkant Pandey (HMS), Naresh Mandal (AITUC), and Manas Chatterjee (CITU).

 

Also present on this occasion were GM (Amlohri Area) Alok Kumar, GM (Bina Area) R K Singh, GM (Nigahi Area). Rajendra Verma, GM (HR) Sameer Barla, DGM (HR) Rajesh Chaudhary, and senior officials from the Amlohri, Bina, and Nigahi projects. The high-powered committee visited the Bina and Amlohri projects on Tuesday and the Nigahi project on Wednesday.

 

During the visit, they inspected the mines and reviewed the facilities available to contract workers, such as camps, rest shelters, and canteens.The members reviewed in detail the wage payments, biometric attendance system, health benefits, and other benefits related to contract workers. The committee also checked various statutory documents at the contract worker camps and appreciated NCL’s work culture and the facilities provided to contract workers.

 

The committee members interacted with contract workers engaged in overburden removal at the projects and obtained feedback on their working conditions, safety, and welfare issues. On this occasion, workers who had performed exceptionally well at the Bina project were also honored. The committee members also visited the dragline operations at Nigahi and the Bareja Eco-Park developed under the continuous mining initiative.