Dehradun: In order to ensure that incidents like Chamoli (electrocution incident) do not recur, a high-level meeting of all executive organizations working in the state was taken by Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi at the Secretariat on Tuesday on the instructions of the Chief Minister.
In the meeting, suggestions were taken from all the working organizations to bring changes to this system.
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While discussing the safety standards with the executive bodies, ACS Radha Raturi gave strict instructions that there should be the highest standards for ensuring safety, and equipment should be used according to those standards.
ACS Raturi gave strict instructions that even after the completion of the project or work, the safety standards should remain as per the prescribed norms. She instructed that apart from the labourers currently working, it is necessary to give proper training to the workers or personnel to be engaged in that building, project or machinery after completion of the work and to get the safety standards tested from time to time. The ACS said, "As soon as possible, clear separate arrangements for civil work and electrical work for executive institutions in the state, adherence to the highest level of standards for safety standards, training of labourers and personnel and testing of safety standards. While preparing a related new policy, a high-level decision will be taken to implement it in all executive institutions". Notably, on July 19, 15 people were electrocuted to death as they came in contact with a railing of an electrified bridge above the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said.