(a) the percentage of miners suffering from notified diseases in mines Under Section 25 of the Mines Act, 1952;
(b) whether the Government has taken any measure to save the lives of such miners;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and;
(d) the steps taken by the Government to check and control such diseases?
MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ( SHRI K. CHANDRASEKHAR RAO )
(a): The details of cases of diseases notified under Section 25 of the Mines Act, 1952 reported to the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) during the last five years is given below:
Year Coal Worker`s Silicosis Manganese Asbestosis Lung Cancer Pneumoconiosis Poisoning
2000 9 3 - - - 2001 2 1 - - - 2002 1 79 - - - 2003 3 14 - - - 2004 41 12 - - -
# Provisional ## Includes 66 cases of silicosis reported by Desert Medicine Research Institute, Jodhpur.
1. Formulation and regular updating of Mines Act and subordinate legislations.
2. Enforcement of legislative provision through regular inspection of mines by the officers of Directorate General of Mines Safety.
3. Legal action in the form of prohibitory orders and prosecution in case of repeated violations of legislative provisions.
4. Studies and surveys for detection of notified diseases.
5. Tripartite and bipartite conferences. 6. Awareness and training programmes for workers and employers.
7 Issue of DGMS Technical Circulars.