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State Govt looking after all aspects of fishermen’s welfare

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The State Fisheries Department has taken several important measures for the welfare of fishermen, both in professional and personal aspects.

Professional welfare

Primary among the professional welfare facilities are fish transportation facilities, biometric identity cards and on-sea distress alert systems.

Fish transportation facilities: Various fish transportation facilities have been distributed by the State Government – 7,300 Jal-Hundis to inland and marine fishermen as well as among fishermen’s cooperative societies, 1,237 Matsyajans, 10,500 bicycles with insulated boxes as well as 35,000 insulated boxes.

Identity facilitation: Biometric identity cards are being issued by the Government to marine fishermen; about 2.47 lakh identity cards have already been issued. Marine fishing vessels are being registered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (for mechanised boats) and the West Bengal Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1993 (for non-mechanised boats).

Distress alert: For the safety and security of fishermen, the Government has taken up a programme for the free distribution of distress alert transmitters (DAT), to be fitted on to the vessels. A total of 3,656 DATs have been distributed till now.

Mechanised boats: A total of 593 mechanised boats – 93 six-cylinder boats and 500 two-cylinder boats – have been distributed as of now, benefiting 3,430 marine fishermen.

Personal welfare

Several personal welfare initiatives have also been taken for fishermen and their families, including pension for the old, insurance schemes and dwelling units.

Old Age Pension Scheme: The Old Age Pension Scheme is a scheme meant for retired and infirm fishermen. Under this scheme, 56,500 fishermen are getting a pension of Rs 1,000 per month.

Accident insurance: Under Fishermen’s Group Personal Insurance Scheme, financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh is provided to the family members of deceased or untraceable marine fishermen, and Rs 1 lakh to those of permanently disabled marine fishermen. During financial year (FY) 2017-18, 2,21,563 fishermen were covered.

Dwelling units: 14,500 houses have been provided for fishermen and their families.

 

All these prove that the Trinamool Congress Government has given the utmost attention to the welfare of all fisher-folk in the State, ensuring help in every way possible.

Bengal to spend Rs 70 cr on safety infrastructure in schools

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The Bengal Government will be spending Rs 70 crore to improve safety infrastructure in schools.

Developing sound infrastructure in schools with good hygiene and clean environment dominates the State Government’s agenda, said a senior official of the School Education Department at a recent gathering of more than 100 school teachers, including 45 principals, at the CII School Excellence Conclave in Kolkata.

The government is forming safety committees in schools. A total of 25 safety issues have been identified, which includes healthy food, nutrition, protection from outsiders, stopping use of tobacco and drugs in the campus and safeguarding against cyber threats.

The government is also committed to end the practice of bullying by a section of students, according to the official.

 

রাজ্যের স্কুলগুলিতে নিরাপত্তা পরিকাঠামো উন্নয়নে ৭০ কোটি রাজ্য সরকারের

রাজ্যের স্কুলগুলির নিরাপত্তা পরিকাঠামো উন্নয়নে রাজ্য সরকার ব্যয় করবে ৭০ কোটি টাকা।

সদ্য অনুষ্ঠিত সিআইআই স্কুল এক্সসেলেন্স কনক্লেভে ১০০টিরও বেশী স্কুল শিক্ষক ও ৪৫টি স্কুল প্রিন্সিপালদের উপস্থিতিতে স্কুল শিক্ষা দপ্তরের এক আধিকারিক বলেন, প্রত্যেকটি স্কুলে পরিচ্ছন্ন পরিবেশ তৈরী করতে উদ্যোগী রাজ্য।

রাজ্য সরকার স্কুলে স্কুলে গড়ে তুলছে নিরাপত্তা কমিটি। মোট ২৫টি নিরাপত্তা-সম্বন্ধীয় বিষয় চূড়ান্ত করা হয়েছে। এর মধ্যে যেমন আছে পরিষ্কার খাবার, পুষ্টিকর খাবার, তেমনই বহিরাগতদের থেকে সুরক্ষা, তামাক ও মাদক দ্রব্যের ব্যবহার নিষিদ্ধ করা ও সাইবার থ্রেটের বিরুদ্ধে তৈরী থাকার বিষয়েও নজর রাখবে এই কমিটি।

 

Source: Asian Age

Fire safety – Govt ensures a safe Durga Puja

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Elaborate measures have been taken by the Fire Services Department to prevent mishaps in the city during the festive days of Durga Puja.

The Fire and Emergency Services Department has urged the puja organisers to follow fire prevention norms to ensure a safe puja. The Fire and Emergency Services Department would keep a tight vigil to ensure adequate fire safety measures in pandals.

There would be no partiality in maintaining vigilance. So there is no question of being soft on the big pujas or harsh on smaller pujas. The message is to ensure a safe puja.

The guidelines include fire retardant solutions on materials used in pandal decoration, use of authorized ISI marked cables and wires, adequate distance between metre box and puja pandal, fire alarm system, CCTV, small fire tending machines installed at various places and adequate supply of water.

There are 1780 puja committees under their ambit. Like every year, the Fire and Emergency Services Department give the best puja awards to those committees who would follow the fire safety norms and indulge in best practices.

There will be around 13 fire outposts and call centres to manage the city and prevent untoward incidents. The puja committees have been asked to train volunteers in handling emergency situations and deploy them inside and outside the pandals. Medical services and toilet facilities for ladies are some of the other criteria to be fulfilled.

Warning system being installed for the safety of fishermen in Bengal

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Distress Alert Transmitters (DAT) are being installed on trawlers so that fishermen can alert the authorities of any danger at sea. Till now about 1000 such DAT have been installed, another 1500 such will be installed soon. This information was provided by the Minister of Fisheries Chandranath Singh during Question Hour in the Assembly on Thursday.

He also added that as on April 30, 2015, 17516 fishermen have been handed bio-metric ID cards near the Sunderbans whereas a total of 1,48,971 bio-metric ID cards have been distributed all over the state.

The minister also announced that in case a fisherman dies due to an attack by pirates, the family of the diseased will be given Rs 2 lakh.

Chandranath Singh also said that 10,583 fishing nets have been e-registered already. He also mentioned that the fishermen are given Rs 600 per month when it is off season for fishing as financial assistance.

A pension scheme has also been started for fishermen. The minister admitted that there is an issue with the fishing permit issued by the forest department.

WB Govt takes steps to ensure safety of JNNURM bus passengers

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The West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has directed the transport department to take extra care towards safety of passengers plying in JNNURM buses.

Along with time to time maintenance of the buses, it is also decided these buses will undergo periodic fire audits. The fire and safety department has designated this task to a private institute.

The transport department will not only oversee that these measures are undertaken by various State owned transport agencies like CTC, CSTC and WBSTC, but also other private agencies which run JNNURM buses.