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The objective of the drill was to assess the emergency preparedness at the mine site to deal with any unforeseen situation and to equip from the learning for risk mitigation.
The entire exercise, which went on for a little more than 20 minutes, dealt with communicating about the mishap, rescuing and evacuating the injured person, to declaring the mine safe for operations. The State emergency services also responded during the mock drill.
Speaking on Vedanta’s emergency preparedness, S K Dutta, Deputy Director General of Mine Safety (South Central Zone) who oversaw the exercise said, “It is nice to observe the quick response and preparedness to the emergency situation by the mine management and State administration. The shortcomings observed would be used as a learning opportunity in future to deal with emergency situations. We will conduct more such drills in other mines in Goa.”
Others present at the site included Director of Mines Safety (Goa region) B L Meena, Dy Director of Mines Safety (Goa region) Kishore Kumar
and Vedanta-Sesa Goa iron ore officials.
