----- Original Message ----- From: goasuraj To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GOMANTAK TIMES Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: RE: Industrial safety experts paint scary picture of Vasco
13th. September, 2002 To, The Editor, Gomantak Times, Gomantak Bhavan, St. Inez, Panjim Goa. Kind Attention Mr. John Paul Fernandes, Chief Reporter. Dear Sir, Re: Industrial Safety Report: Sky Line September, 12, 2002. Goa Su-Raj Party highly appreciates your detailed report on the Gomantak "Sky Line" Thank you. Yours truly, for Goa Su-Raj Party. Sd/- (Floriano Lobo) President GOA SKYLINE September 12, 2002 Industrial Safety Experts Paint Scary Picture Of Vasco Our Staff Reporter PANAJI: Use of outdated technology for storage of gas and the lack of proper on-site and off-site safety plans and the danger to residents within a 10-km radius around Vasco in case of a disaster came to the fore at a programme in the port town . The interaction was organized by Goa Environmental Action Group and Goa Su-Raj party in association with Institute of Safety and Risk Management at Hotel La Paz, Vasco on Saturday. C.V. Dhume, Director, Institute of Safety & Risk Management and former Chief Inspector, Factories & Boilers who gave a presentation with slides said during the interactive session that the Hontonsphere ammonia storage tank at Vasco was an outdated one. Dhume said it will affect a radius of 10 kilometers around the port town within 8.6 minutes, including far away places like Betalbatim to Bambolim, including the Goa Medical College. And as the quality of the on-site, off-site safety plans, if there are any, and which, in all probability, must be locked-up in the District Collector's cupboards, and the state of preparedness and awareness being suspect, the situation can be perilous for citizens in these areas, Dhume said. During the interactive session it was felt that the onus of Goa's deplorable industrial safety and pollution control measures was heaped on the government and not the industry, which is considered law abiding as it purportedly gets all clearances under the law for setting up. The location of the atmospheric ammonia tank within 50 meters of residential and commercial areas at Vasco has the required clearance, although a distance of minimum one km is required as per the Bombay High Court at Goa order. The presentation covered the major disasters of the past in France, United Kingdom, Bhopal and other places with graphic details of plant failures and man-made mistakes, leading to the disasters, their effects and casualties. The slide presentation was appreciated by the participants as being informative. This was followed by a 10-munute video clip on do's and don'ts' on various aspects of industrial safety, prepared by the Manali Fertilizer, Tamil Nadu , for the general awareness of safety procedures for the public in case of accidents. In conclusion, R.P. Bhanushali, Technical Adviser, National Safety Council, summed up the discussion and hoped conscious citizens would organize themselves in their own interests and move the government to assert their rights to a safe living. Earlier, Floriano C Lobo, president of Goa Su-Raj Party gave a short introductory and welcome speech while U.R. Shenoy , Vice President of Council of Occupational Safety, Health & Environment, Goa proposed a vote of thanks. The Institute of Safety & Risk management has come out with a booklet "Emergency Procedures for Your Safety" with graphic illustrations and a foreword by the Chief Minister. According to the organizers, though 20 municipal councilors especially invited, thanks to former MLA Simon D'Souza, none turned up. D'Souza's wife who is also a councilor and the Velsao and Sancoale Sarpanchas, Hyat Regency, Cansaulim Chief Engineer S.K. Varma and Mormugao Municipal Council engineer, Bandodkar were present. End. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
