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Vijayakumar, director, Mines Safety (Mechanical), Hyderabad region; Shyam Misra, deputy director, Mines Safety, Chennai region; Mergu Raghu, deputy director, Mines Safety (Electrical), Bengaluru region; P.
Ramasamy, Secretary, Tamilnadu Mines Safety Association and vice-president, India Cements; S.A.F. more-inIndian mines are moving towards “zero-harm” safety levels, Utpal Saha, deputy director-general, southern region, Bengaluru, Directorate-General of Mines Safety, has said. The programme involved zonal-level Mines Safety Observance Week held at 675 mines across Chennai, Salem, Tiruchi and Tirunelveli zones in different periods with the valedictory scheduled in Neyveli. Among the experts who spoke were V.
Thangapandian, director (Power and Mines), NLCIL and president, Tamilnadu Mines Safety Association; R.
Vikraman, director (HR), NLCIL; B.P. A State-level competition was conducted in connection with the Mines Safety Observance Week..