Minister directs Factories Department to frame regulations within six months to ensure that hazardous operations were handled only by permanent employees
Rescuers say flooding and toxic gas in the collapsed tunnel make it unlikely any remaining trapped workers survived.
The union renewed its demand after 10 workers died in a June 8 accident, saying the inquiry report is still awaited and pointing to earlier safety notices to the management
Of the 83 persons who were affected in the ammonia gas leak that occurred on June 21, 15 women are still hospitalised — one on ventilator support.