Noamundi, Tata Steel hospital death trap for the locals.

Hospitals are supposed to be places where people run to when their lives are threatened by sickness, but certain hospital in the Noamundi, is serving a totally different purpose. Instead of caring for, and healing sick people, the Tata Steel, Noamundi hospital notorious for concentrating on finances and totally neglecting precious lives. That hospital is more of a death trap now than a life saving centre. The death rate at the hospital, especially in the past few months is very alarming, to say the least.. And the most worrying thing is the fact that people are currently dying in the hospital not out of incurable diseases, but out of negligence of the doctors at the hospital.

The worst scenario of all happened on Monday a class 9^th  student of DAV School Noamundi, Uttara Sekhatkar, (15) admitted in the hospital  emphasizing for diarrhea symptoms, at the last stage after twelve days of treatment  the doctors referred to Tata Memorial Hospital, Jamshedpur on Monday where she was died at the Hospital.

 

The locals alleged that the low strength medicines purchased by the hospital administration, problematic to cures disease even biggest causality that immunization in the hospital not adequate to the infants.

The hospital is lacking capacity on all fronts - manpower, equipment and overall management of services,” The urgency for the health ministry to intervene now and prevent the conversion of the Tata Steel Hospital of Noamundi  from a lifesaving center to a killer spot cannot be overemphasized.  The authorities concerned must move now and halt this negative trend of the hospital.

Tata Steel’s Noamundi Iron Ore Mines Conferred With Fimi’s Bala Gulshan Tandon Excellence Award

Tata Steel’s Noamundi Iron Ore Mine today was conferred with Bala Gulshan Tandon Excellence Award by the Federation of Indian Mining Industries (FIMI).   The award was presented to Noamundi Iron Ore Mine division of Tata Steel for its outstanding contribution to the national goal of sustainable development through conservation of environment and natural resources.

The award was received by Mr D B Sundar Ramam, General Manager (QMQ), Tata Steel Ltd. and Mr. S Kuchroo, Chief, Noamundi from Mr Dinsha J Patel, MoS Mines( Independent incharge) at a function held in New Delhi.

In order to recognize mining companies who are playing an exemplary role in promoting the general upliftment and social well-being of people, environmental conservation and better productivity, FIMI, instituted Bala Gulshan Tandon Excellence Award in the year 2004-05. The award is designed to recognize excellence in the over all performance – economic, social as well as environmental of the company.

The Noamundi mine has in the past received several awards for its relentless efforts towards sustainable mining. Tata Steel Noamundi Iron Mine received the Abheraj Baldota Environment Award 2009-10 and for 1990 -91. Earlier in 2000, the Noamundi mine was bestowed with Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award by Ministry of Environment for Lifetime Achievement for Afforestation and Ecological development.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Dinsha J Patel, MoS Mines (Independent incharge) stated “I would use this platform to urge the industries to do their level best to boost the Indian economy while being responsible for the society at large.”

Accepting the award Mr.  D B Sundar Ramam, General Manager (QMQ), Tata Steel Ltd said ‘We are proud to be a recipient of this coveted award and it truly means a lot to us. There is a huge social impact of mining and we at Tata Steel go beyond compliance and treat protection of environment an upliftment of the society as core function.“’

The Noamundi Iron Mine commenced its operations in 1925 and the seed of sustainability was sown the day the search for Noamundi began. The mines at Naomundi adhere to various operating practices for water conservation, air purification, noise reduction, energy conservation, land reclamation, amongst others. At the mines, Tata Steel has secured this position with a range of state-of-art environmental laboratory, external experts and work ambience conformation to environmental quality standards for safe, harmless and productive mining.

TATA STEEL HOSTS WORKMEN’S INSPECTOR’S ORIENTATION TRAINING PROGRAMME.

TATA Steel, Noamundi, under West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand organized Workmen’s Inspectors’ Orientation Training Programme – a specialized, hands-on training programme for Electrical and Mechanical stream students – was inaugurated today at the JRD Tata Training Institute (JRDTTI), Noamundi. This is for the second time that this programme is being hosted under the aegis of Tata Steel.

This year, about 108 participants from different private and public sector units of Chaibasa region (spread over the twin districts of East & West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan in Jharkhand and Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts in Orissa) have registered their names for the six-day training programme. The programme which begins from 18^th and will continue till 23rd April.

The Directorate General of Mines Safety Dhanbad has extended its approval to JRD TATA Training Institute of TATA Steel at Noamundi for Workmen’s Inspectors’ Orientation Training for mines men working in the open cast metal mines under DGMS, Chaibasa region comprising twin districts of East & West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan in Jharkhand and Keonjhar,,Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh, districts In Orissa.
TATA Steel has therefore become a trend setter in human resources development in mining area as JRDTTI becomes country’s second such training centre, after Institute of Miners’ & Metalworkers’ Education Education Centre at Dhanbad, to have this unique and responsible distinction.

JRDTTI at Noamundi is the second such approved training center of DGMS in India, after IMME, Dhanbad. It was here that the 1st Workmen’s Inspectors’ Orientation Training Programme was conducted in October 2011 and had recorded more than 100 participants from over 100 companies.

Addressing the gathering Mr M Tandi, Director, Mines Safety, Chaibasa Region, Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Govt. of India and chief guest on the occasion said that Chaibasa region has put up an exemplary safety performance in the last nine year with no fatal accidents reported, as compared to 2007-08 when more this region had witnessed nearly 15-20 fatal accidents in a year. He lauded Tata Steel’s effort in being at the forefront for all safety related development and installation of JRDTTI such that approval and statutory Workmen Inspector training of miners in Noamundi is now available in the very region itself.

Mr D B Sundara Ramam, General Manager (OMQ), Tata Steel, in his address said that facilitating development of skilled and educated as well as safe and healthy workmen is the prime motto of both DGMS and Tata Steel. In this regard, the approval accorded to JRDTTI for training miners is a significant step their development of skill and acumen.

Others present on the occasion also included Mr Ravi Bansal, President and Mr Karmapuri, Executive Vice President, Essel Mining; Mr GT Reddy, General Secretary, Noamundi Mazdoor Union, officers and union office bearers and others. On this occasion a training manual was also released by Mr Tandi released a Training Manual. A cultural programme Gotipua and acrobat show was also put up by a troupe from Bhubaneswar.

DGMS gives nod to JRD Tata Training Institute at Noamundi To Train Young Minds in Mining Trade

The Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Dhanbad, Govt. of India extended its approval to JRD Tata Training Institute (JRDTTI) of Tata Steel at Noamundi for Workmen's Inspectors' Orientation Training for mines men working in the open cast metal mines under DGMS, Chaibasa region comprising twin districts of East & West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan in Jharkhand and Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts in Orissa. Tata Steel has therefore become a trend-setter in human resources development in mining area as JRDTTI becomes country's second such training centre, after Institute of Miners' & Metalworkers' Education (IMME) Education Centre at Dhanbad, to have this unique and responsible distinction.
Consequent to this approval of DGMS, the first batch of Workmen's Inspectors' Orientation Training for mining trade was inaugurated today at JRDTTI, Noamundi by Mr M Tandi, Director Mines Safety, DGMS, Govt. of India, Chaibasa region. Mr Tandi also released a Training Manual for this training programme, to be conducted from 20th October 2010 to 25th October 2010, in which more than 100 participants, from 100 different private and public sector mines, under Chaibasa region of DGMS are participating.
During the inauguration of this six day orientation programme at JRDTTI, Noamundi, Mr D B Sundara Ramam, General Manager (OMQ), Tata Steel along with Mr M D Rastogi, Director, Rungta Group of Mines and Mr ND Rao, Executive Director, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. were present as Guests of Honour. On this occasion Mr BD Mohanty, Chief (Processing)-OMQ, Tata Steel welcomed the guests and participants and Mr Rajpal Sinha, Head (HR/IR)-OMQ, Tata Steel proposed the Vote of Thanks. Mr TK Jena, Sr Manager (Training), Noamundi, Tata Steel anchored the programme.
Addressing the gathering during the inaugural session of this programme Mr MD Rastogi detailed the difficulties faced earlier by the mines men in obtaining Workmen's Inspectors' (WI) Training as they had to travel all the way from this mining belt to different places. He said that now that Tata Steel has extended this facility, it will be extremely helpful for the WI. Mr Rastogi thanked Mr Tandi for initiating this facility.
Mr ND Rao in his address lauded Tata Steel for its continued resource sharing initiatives with different companies of the region and society at large. He called upon the participants to avail the facilities and work proactively to eliminate safety hazards.
In his address to the audience, Mr Sundar Ramam said that Tata Steel is known for its best practices far and wide in the mining industry. He thanked DGMS and Mr Tandi for their continued support and expressed his hope that safety will be given top most priority by all to make the mines safe. He also informed that subsequent to this Workmen's Inspectors' Orientation Training for mining, training on other streams like mechanical and electrical will also be imparted.
Chief Guest Mr M Tandi in his address praised Tata Steel for always taking the lead in reaching out to its immediate vicinity, industry, and caring for the environment wherever it operates. He said that WI concept is quite old but very effective as the WIs' are required to act as bridge between the management and the workers. He went on to add that due to lack of knowledge accident happens in the industry and WI has to play greater role in ensuring safety in the industry.

TEHASWINI MARKS SUCCESS

KALINGA NAGAR
The six month long Tejaswini program organized by Tata Steel in Kalinganagar turned out to be a successful one.
Sulata Deo, Chairperson of Odisha State Welfare Board graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
Senior officials from Steel Major Tata Steel including Mohit Das, Chief of Corporate Affairs also graced the occasion.
J K Padhi, Sr. Manager (CA&C) and large number of PRIs of the area were present on this occasion.
Hundreds of women from the neighboring Gram Panchayats and Tata Parivar Colonies joined the finals of Tejaswini competition.
The Swasti Self Help Group (SHG) of Gobardhanpur occupied the first position among the SHGs, followed by Matru Krupa SHG of Chitri. Maa Sarala SHG of Pankapalwas declared third best SHG in the competition.
All these SHGs would be awarded on the Odia New Year Day celebration to be held at Tata Parivar Colony, Sansailo (Duburi) on 14 April, 2011.
Speaking on this occasion, Mrs Deo lauded the efforts of Tata Steel to empower the women in Kalinganagar area through promotion of SHGs. She called upon the women to be self-reliant to be part and parcel of the current social mainstream. Aimed at the fruitful engagement of peripheral women, Tata steel has initiated an innovative program in the Kalinganagar locality namely Tejaswini. Started in the year of 2009, it has shown an overwhelming impact on the mindset and temperament of the women who liked to stay at the back door.

By inculcating the inner talents of rural, tribal women and exploring them towards the developmental process, Tejaswini initiative has been able to create a good and successful benchmark.