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Conference on Chemical disaster concludes
A two-day collaborative colloquium on ‘Chemical disasters in industries, mitigation and management in industries’ concluded at Ukku Club at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant here on Wednesday.
Visakhapatnam: A two-day collaborative colloquium on ‘Chemical disasters in industries, mitigation and management in industries’ concluded at Ukku Club at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant here on Wednesday.
Over 200 delegates from various major hazardous industries, including chemical, petrochemical, fertilizer industries from Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and East and Godavari districts participated in the conference.
The colloquium was jointly organised by the Department of Factories Department, National Safety Council, Andhra Pradesh Chapter and Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority.
Addressing the conference, Joint Chief Inspector of Factories D Chandra Sekar Varma said that the State Crisis Group headed by the Chief Secretary has advised for capacity building sessions to be organised involving the stake holders of the industry towards chemical disaster mitigation and management to be organised.
Executive Director (Works) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant OR Ramani and Director of Divis Laboratories Madhusudana Rao emphasised the need for this type of conferences for prevention and mitigation of chemical disasters. Expert and senior people from major units participated as moderators and panel members and shared their experiences and best practices being adopted in their respective industries.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and different safety equipment vendors arranged stalls and exhibited their emergency equipment. Director (Operations) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant PK Rath and Executive Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited-Visakh Refinery GSVSSS Prasad Sarma also spoke.
