PRESS NOTE
MEASURES TAKEN IN INDUSTRIAL PARKS FOR PREVENTION OF
COVID – 19 AND MONITORING OF SAFETY STANDARDS
v Government of Telangana in
exercise of the powers conferred under section 2 of The Epidemic Diseases Act,
1897, read with all other enabling provisions of The Disaster Management Act,
2005 notified the lockdown in the entire State of Telangana initially from
22.03.2020 till 31.03.2020 and subsequently extended in phases till 31.05.2020.
v Government issued
instructions/guidelines to restrict the spread of COVID-19 like mass spraying
of disinfectants in all public places i.e., roads, drains etc, in all
Industrial Parks/Industrial Estates at every inch, Special cleaning of public
places, safe disposal of masks, welfare and protection of sanitary workers
engaged.
v Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure
Corporation Limited (TSIIC) is functioning as a local body having certain
powers and functions transferred by the Municipal & Administration
Department and Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department.
v TSIIC
has 104 Industrial Area Local Authority (IALAs) and 154 Industrial Parks
(IPs) with the Zonal Managers and Officers nominated as Commissioners/Executive
Officers for the Industrial Parks to
discharge the statutory powers & functions of Municipal Corporations,
Municipalities & Gram Panchayats under the provisions of Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, AP Municipalities Act, 1965 and Telangana
Panchayat Raj Act 2018.
v TSIIC has issued guidelines on COVID-19 to
all the Zonal Managers/Commissioners/Executive Officers on the Standard
Operating Procedure for Social Distancing for Offices, Workplace, Factories and
Establishments in accordance with orders issued by Industries Department of
Telangana from time to time.
v Posters of the Standard Operating Practices
for Industrial Units in the Industrial Areas Local Authority (IALAs) have been
pasted at all the Industrial Units and prominent places in the Industrial Parks
for awareness to all the Industrial workers.
v Display of “Response Team – COVID-19 have
been placed at the cross roads of the Industrial Parks (IALAs) displaying the
important contacts of response team for COVID-19 in all the IALAs/IPs. (Name of
the Commissioners / Executive Officers / Zonal Managers / Medical Officer / SHO
/ Nearest Covid-19 Hospital)
v All the Zonal Managers/Commissioners/Executive
Officers were strictly directed to follow the guidelines issued by MHA and
Govt. of Telangana to get the Industries back on track as soon as possible duly
taking precautions like utmost sanitized of all Industrial Parks, work place,
maintaining of physical distancing, providing other amenities/facilities for workers
like logistics, PPE equipment, safety especially women workers etc.
v Instructions have been issued to all the
Industrial Units to make logistic arrangements for employees transportation
etc.,
v Other measures like providing Ambulance
Services, Identification of designated COVID-19 hospitals etc have also been
made.
v Instructions have been issued to all
Industrial Units to adhere to Safety Standards in line with the guidelines of
Factories Department and Pollution Control Board.
v State Level teams have been constituted to
Monitor the sanitation drive and safety measures in all Industrial Parks /
Estates.
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