NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK OBSERVED IN UTKAL ALUMINA
Badal Tah,Odishabarta
Rayagada: The 31st National Road Safety Week was also observed in the 1.5 MTPA Alumina refinery project of Utkal Alumina International Ltd(UAIL), a fully owned company of Hindalco, the metals flagship company of Aditya Birla Group. As safety is a prime concerned in UAIL at Doraguda, Tikiri, the safety week was organized by the company to improve road safety awareness amongst all stakeholders in the unit. It extended beyond the works boundary engaging the peripheral area as well as the local administration. Mr. Mazhar Beig, Joint President, UAIL inaugurated the program by flagging off the Road Safety Rally and Cart.The Road Safety Cart was deployed to create awareness in nearby villages.This year the theme of the Road Safety Week was– “Bringing Changes through Youth Power.”
This seven day long program witnessed different safety promotional activities like Road Safety Awareness Rally by all employees, Road Safety Awareness Talk, Nukad-natak on Road Safety, Road Safety ‘Sit & Draw’ competition & Road Safety debate competition among school children, Road Safety Awareness Training to employees by RTO/MVI followed by quiz, etc. A Safety Task Force was also formed under the direct supervision of Col. Ranbir Singh, GM – Security & Administration to conduct training program, surprise inspections/audits of various vehicles during the month of January, 2020 as per corporate guideline.The winners received their awards during the closing ceremony. The employees who completed safety related training sessions successfully and the life savers who played a vital role in saving lives during industrial incidents were also rewarded during the program.
On the occasion of inauguration, Mr.Beig
highlighted on the role of company policies and adherence to its norms in
prevention of mishaps in the company premises. He stressed upon the awareness
programs for employees to promote safety culture in UAIL. Speaking on the
occasion, the Unit Head & President of UAIL, Mr. N. Nagesh appreciated the
role of all stakeholders in the safety excellence journey of Utkal Alumina
which made it possible for many mile stones being achieved as far as safety was
concerned. According to him, based on the learning from past experiences, many
initiatives had been taken which would definitely enable the company towards
its “Ultimate Goal of Zero Accident.
