(a) whether JNPT has any Inspectorate of Dock Safety to regulate the ports ;
(b) whether Paradip and Tuticorin ports have also no safety officers ;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor ; and
(d) the time by which the arrangements for safety are likely to be made ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) The post of Assistant Director (Safety) at Directorate General of Factory Advice Services and Labour Institute was created on 7.12.1998 for setting up of Inspectorate of Dock Safety at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Mumbai. The matter of filling up the post is at an advance stage in the Union Public Service Commission. However, the Inspectorate at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is functioning by deputing one Inspector from the Headquarters.
(b) Paradip Port Trust has one sanctioned post of Safety & Training Officer in the pay scale of Rs.9100-15100/- (Junior Class I). An officer, who obtained the required Diploma in Industrial Safety, is working against this post. Tuticorin Port Trust has one Safety Officer.
(c)&(d) Does not arise.