GANGTOK, : Labour secretary Bhim Thatal on Wednesday inspected the office of
assistant labour commissioner Rangpo, registration counter of Rangpo check post
and ESIC service dispensary at Rangpo.
During
the course of inspection, the Labour secretary interacted with officers and officials
and directed for compliance of all the legal instruments in letter in sprit, a
press release informs.
Thatal
directed the Rangpo assistant labour commissioner to coordinate with the
Municipal Executive Officer and the BDO concerned regarding the number of trade
licenses issued by the Nagar Panchayat and BDO office and accordingly all
establishments must have to be registered under Sikkim Shops & Commercial
Establishment, Act, 1983 and disseminate the labour related compliances to all
shop owners and workers under Rangpo subdivision.
The
Labour secretary also inspected the repair work of the building occupied by the
ESI service dispensary and subdivision office of the Labour department
undertaken by the Buildings & Housing department, in presence of Buildings
& Housing AE Anu Hangma Thebeyand gave certain instructions to AE concerned.
The
secretary also interacted with the police personnel posted at Rangpo check-post
and enquired about the movement of workers and their necessary support for the
registration at the counter of the Labour department and the officials
responded in positive.
During
the visit, the secretary inspected the registration process for the workers
entering Sikkim for work purpose. While visiting the dispensary, it was
observed that on an average 400 patients visit the dispensary weekly. These
include the insured persons and members of their family for whom primary health
care and disbursement of medicines are done.
The
Labour secretary has categorically mentioned that reaching out to the people
and creating awareness among them regarding labour laws, benefits of
registering as workers and obtaining cards must be taken up by the local level
officers. He has advised the local level officers to participate in the
nagar panchayat programmes and gram sabha and seek time for such awareness
programmes, the release mentions.
