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As outsourcing gathers steam in Coal India, questions are being raised over safety.
In the wake of the recent accident in the Rajmahal Open Cast Expansion Project in Jharkhand, which has so far claimed 18 lives, coal workers as well as the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) have raised concerns about lapses in workers’ safety. Trade unions allege that safety aspects are often being overlooked, as Coal India is resorting to massive outsourcing of key mines and coal patches.
“Workers are being put at risk as Coal India is widening contractual mining,” S Q Zama, secretary-general of the Indian National Mineworkers’
