Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: The Office of the Commissioner, Labour & Employment has been directed to take up the heatwave preparedness and mitigation measures by the Department.
It is stated that in respect of the Goa Heat Wave Action Plan 2024, it has to be ensured all Departments, Industries, and Establishments that preventive measures are taken to ensure that workers are not affected especially those who work outdoors and for that, it is necessary that timing of work may be tweaked to avoid peak heat wave hours specially from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m and for this purpose the working hours could be re-scheduled.
Further, arrangements for drinking water facilities in working premises both indoors as well as outdoors should be made available.
In the event any of the workers/labourers are affected by heat then Supervisory Officials who shift such workers for medical care should ensure that on arrival at the medical facility/ hospital, the Doctors are informed about the case history of such labourers possibly affected by heat so that appropriate treatment is given.
It is also directed that Labour Officers are required to further conduct Health Camps, especially in the informal sector and settlements and hold interactive sessions with construction sites, Industry and Commercial entities at outdoor construction sites of the Public Works Department (P.W.D), Water Resources Department (W.R.D), Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (G.S.I.D.C) and other private construction sites.
The Assistant Labour Commissioner of the respective Jurisdiction to supervise this work and submit reports along with photographs to the respective Deputy Labour Commissioners who in turn will consolidate such reports and put them for submission through the Deputy Director Administration (DDA) to the District Disaster Management Authority.
The Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, Chief Electrical Engineer of the Electricity Department, Managing Director of GSIDC, Directorate of Municipal Administration, Directorate of Panchayat are requested to Sensitize their respective Engineers and Contractors in respect of precautions to be taken concerning heat wave.
