SAFETY AWARDS FOR Rae Bareli,

PALAKKAD AND BANGALORE

Three plants of ITI have won the National Safety Awards for outstanding performance in industrial safety during the year 2004 which were presented at a function held in New Delhi recently.

RB and Palakkad plants received the Awards for their achievement based on longest accident free year and lowest average frequency rate respectively. The Runner up Awards based on longest accident free year and lowest average frequency rate were awarded to Bangalore and RB respectively. The former has posted the longest accident free period of 87,36,672 manhours.

The Awards constituted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, are given annually in recognition of good safety performance by industrial establishments.

Secretary, Union ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri KM Sahni hands over the Awards to AGM, Rae Bareli,Shri Tej Bir Singh (top) and AGM Palakkad, Shri AK Mehrotra (bottom)