Fatal accidents at West Bengal factories down by three times since 2013

Kolkata, Aug 23 (KNN) The number of fatal accidents at various factories in West Bengal has come down from 96 in 2013 to 38 in 2015 showing nearly three times decline.

A rigorous campaign conducted by the West Bengal Labour Department at various factories throughout West Bengal has reduced the number of fatal accidents by 1/3 in last three years, All India Trinamool Congress said in a statement.

As per the data available with the Labour department, in 2015 around 38 people met with fatal accidents at factories, while in 2014 the number stood at 63 which is much lower than its previous year when the figure was 96.

The records show that in last three years the figure has gone down nearly three times following the campaign carried out by the department.

Around 142 accident training camps have been done by the department in 2015-16 and those have resulted in reducing the rate of accidents.

Even in 2011-12 there were 101 camps conducted in the state. In 2014 also there were nearly 80 such camps in the factories.