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To Chairperson National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Manav Adhikar Bhawan Block-C, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi - 110023 Date: 22 September, 2017 Subject-Death of Bihari migrant worker Ashok Yadav, 60 yrs in Gujarat's Alang ship breaking sector plot no. 14 Sir, With reference to the recent death of Shri Ashok Yadav, who was migrant worker employed in the ship breaking activity at Alang, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, this is to inform you that late Shri Yadav was working in sector plot no. 14 on the Alang beach. We submit that the owner wherein he was employed as a helper gave his family members Rs 25, 000 for his cremation. The deceased worker is survived by wife and three sons. As per Hindustan newspaper’s Bhagalpur edition, the dead body of the worker reached Chidaiyawad village under Bariyaarpur police station of Munger, Bihar on the evening of 18 September after 72 hours of his death. We submit so far some 500 workers have died in the ship breaking activity since 1983 as per official records. Prior to the recent death, in the year 2017 two workers died on 4th March and 16th March. We submit that even as per official data on an average some 10 workers have died annually in the past decade at Alang. As a result of accidents during ship-breaking at least two workers died in 2016 and eight workers died in 2015. In 2014, 18 workers died in accidents in Alang shipyards. We submit that there is a compelling logic for the your urgent intervention to ensure environmental and occupational health justice to the migrants workers and save the life and health of migrant workers and local communities from the hazardous industrial activities on Alang beach.\ In view of the above, we seek Commission’s recommendation for adequate compensation to Shri Yadav’s family and setting up of a compensation fund for those suffer from enviro-occupational diseases, injuries and deaths. Thanking you in anticipation Yours faithfully Dr Gopal Krishna ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA) Mb: 08227816731, 09818089660 [email protected] Web: www.toxicswatch.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
TWA Letter to NHRC on Death of Bihari migrant worker Ashok Yadav in Gujarat's Alang shipbreaking yard September 2017.docx
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