OVL's Safety Policy seeks to provide safe and healthy working conditions
and enlist the active support of all staff in achieving these ends.
The objectives of the Policy are :
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To promote standards of safety, health
& welfare in accordance with the requirements of Directorate
of Mines Safety and also other relevant statutory provisions
as well as approved codes of practices.
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To maintain safe and healthy work places
and safe systems and methods of work.
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To protect staff and others, including
the public and employees of contractors, from foreseeable
work hazards on OVL's premises.
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To equip the staff with the information,
instructions, training and supervision needed for safe working.
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To provide and maintain a safe and
healthy working environment for staff with adequate facilities
and arrangements for their welfare.
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To develop safety awareness amongst
the staff.
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To make staff aware of their individual
responsibility to take all reasonable care for the health
and safety of themselves and others who may be affected
by their acts of omissions at work, and to cooperate with
management and other staff in matters of safety.
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To have required safety organization
adequately manned for the purpose.
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To budget expenditure required for
above purposes.
Environment Policy
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The development activities of the OVL
should be planned on sound ecological principle and must
incorporate appropriate environmental safeguards.
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Environmental impact assessment, with
the details required by the "Department of Environment"
should be prepared at the earliest stage of project formulation
and necessary financial provisions for various environmental
program and safeguards be indicated in the project estimates.
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Environmental norms prescribed by the
Central and state government, statutorily empowered to do
so, in the matter of air and water quality, noise, land
use, afforestation etc. should be strictly observed in the
design, construction and operation of all facilities of
the corporation.
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The widest possible range of information
on practical options available for the design of the project
should be gathered and analyzed for final decision making
technology that ensures energy economy, environmental safeguards,
recycling of resources and utilization of wastes should
be adopted for all projects.
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Releases of hydrocarbons, chemicals
and other materials should be controlled so that it does
not disturb the flora and fauna. Releases containing viruses,
pathogenic bacteria and parasites, which survive in marine
life, should be completely eliminated and precluded from
entering marine waters.
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Productivity of the environment adjacent
to the project areas and resource of the coastal waters
should not be adversely affected. No action harmful to the
potential for marine resources such as fish, salt, corustacea,
etc. should be permitted. Coastal marine areas should not
be subjected to unplanned salutation, erosion, changes in
flow pattern and coastal contours.
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Microbiological activity of significance
to marine and estuarine life and people dependent on the
coastal waters should be fully protected.
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Aesthetic, cultural and social patterns
and historical characteristics of the areas covered by or
adjacent to the OVL's prefects should not be unduly disturbed
by the project activities. Scenic landscapes, historical
heritage and cultural monuments should be preserved and
the environment around them should be kept clean and hygienic.
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As far as possible, a minimum area
of 500 meters from the high tide mark in respect of coastal
projects located near river banks should be kept clear of
all structures so that beach activities or river front development
are not adversely affected. Effective mechanisms for monitoring
the environment and for collection of the required data
of various parameters of the environment for the purposes
of surveillance should be set up within each project.
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Work environment in the operational areas should be conducive
to safe and healthy working conditions. Good housekeeping
is an integral part of sound environmental management.
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Promoting a healthy, safe, productive, and aesthetically
satisfying environment is the responsibility of OVL.
Rules & Acts
Environment Rules & Acts
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The Water (Prevention & Control
of Pollution) Act, 1974 & Amendments thereafter
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The Air (Prevention & Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 & Amendments thereafter
