Experts Brace to Uncover Kili's Truth
Surveyors and topographers from five countries across the world have completed surveying and scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to determine the height of the highest peak at present.
2008-10-28 07:02:2125 held for attacking Jharkhand cement factory
NAT7National/Business/Crime25 held for attacking Jharkhand cement factoryRanchi, Oct 24 IANS Twenty-five people, including nine women, have been arrested for attacking and torching the under-construction Jaypee Cement factory in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said Friday."We have arrested 25 people in connection with the torching of Jaypee cement office and vehicles Thursday. We have launched an operation to arrest more people involved in the incident," a police official from Bokaro told IANS over telephone. On Thursday, around 250 villagers demanding jobs in the company set fire to a car, 45 cots, 50 chairs and one dozen mobile phones, among other things. Company officials have claimed loss of more than Rs.5 million in the incident. The villagers, armed with traditional weapons like bows, arrows, spears, axes and sickles, attacked the under-construction site of the cement factory near Boratand village in Bokaro. The employees and labourers managed to escape from the site. Jaypee Cement and SAIL had signed an MoU in February to set up a cement factory in Bokaro. The share of Jaypee Cement and SAIL is 24:76 and together they will invest around Rs.5 billion in the project. According to company officials, the land of the villagers, who attacked the site, had not been acquired for the project. In the last one-and-half months, this is the third incident where villagers have attacked a factory in the state. Earlier this month, villagers had attacked the Kohinoor sponge iron factory in Seraikela and Kharsawa district. Last month, three surveyors of Bhushan Steel Company were roughed up by villagers in East Singhbhum district. Global steel leader ArcelorMittal is also facing protests by villagers at the proposed steel project in Khuti district. The government has come under severe criticism from the opposition for failing to provide safety to the industries. "The Jharkhand government seems to be sleeping as it has failed to take action against the attackers. Attacks are taking place on different companies in the state one after another," said former chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arjun Munda. --Indo-Asian News Servicens/mv/dg386 Words24101221
2008-10-24 03:00:07House sales plunge, say surveyors
The number of homes sold per surveyor in Wales has dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years.
2008-10-14 01:00:00House sales hit new 30-year low
The slump in the property market is becoming even worse, says the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
2008-10-13 18:24:08Now, Punjab farmers chase away RIL men
A group of surveyors sent by Reliance in connection with the Rs 9,600-crore Ajmer-Pathankot expressway were on Friday turned away by angry farmers in Barnala.
2008-09-19 13:32:05Jharkhand villagers beat up land surveyors sent by steel co
The incident forced Bhushan Power and Steel Company Ltd to announce suspension of its acquisition drive for its Rs 12,000 crore greenfield steel plant in East Singhbhum district.
2008-09-12 17:03:07Uganda: Lands Minister Urges Surveyors to Register
SURVEYORS have been warned against operating without being registered.
2008-09-08 09:00:00Nigeria: Surveyors Task FG on Funding of Tertiary Institutions
APPARENTLY worried by dearth of fresh hands to steer the practice of surveying profession to a greater height, the Federal Government has been asked to fund and equip tertiary institutions offering surveying and geo-informatics courses in the country to enable them to execute their training functions more effectively.
2008-09-05 09:00:10A Nation of Poor Health And Safety part 2
Last week, I commenced a series which I am concluding today. It has become an undeniable fact that Ghana's health and safety standard is poor. And as the saying goes no chain is stronger than its weakest link. What links a nation to productivity is good health and once there is no proper regime to check this, the country is always found in the dark corridors of not being able to meets its developmental targets. Making health and safety top of every agenda would not only prevent avoidable disasters but would also save lives and provide huge savings in terms of medical bills and days off from work due to injuries sustained on the job. There is a saying that Ghana is good in formulating high sounding laws but when it comes to the implementation or the enforcement, it falls flat. I cannot see any difference between what has been happening and the proposals being put forth here. I am not trying to be a pessimist. A barking dog is more useful than a sleeping lion. If we want to safeguard life and property in this country then it is time for Ghana to formulate a health and safety bill. THE WAY FORWARD LEGISLATION It is trite but imperative that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. To be able to achieve a standard which can be acceptable, government must as a matter of urgency place a bill on health and safety for all professions and trades before parliament. All professional groups should be brought on board in drafting the bill such that by the time the bill is formulated every sector or segment of society is covered. Government working in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Board and the Ghana Health Service, and ultimately bringing every profession or trade -architects, building and quantity surveyors, mechanical engineers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc - would help formulate a workable health and safety policy for the country. Most of the accidents that occur on the roads are as results of driver fatigue. Health and safety means that there every commercial car--bus or truck should not drive more than certain miles per day. There should be a mechanism to be able to track all these so as to locate any driver who flouts this rule. It must be noted that every road user has his or her safety dependent on the oncoming vehicle. EDUCATION Education is the key to everything. I always say that the May 9th stadium disaster which happened sometime ago could have been prevented if the Ghana Sports Council had ensured that all the emergency doors of the stadiums were in good shape. Again, if football fans had been educated on how to conduct themselves during an emergency, the magnitude of the casualties would not have been what it was. In the developed world, anytime you enter into hotel or a building for the first time, you are told where the emergency doors are located, just in case of fire or any other problems. What I mean by education is that issues of health and safety should be discussed in all facets of life - schools, churches, market places, etc. HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY Health and safety in the country should be handled by the Ghana Health and Safety Authority, an autonomous body with the power to be able to bite. The bill should also allow the authority to inspect all establishments which fall under the law. And if any organization, business entity or establishment falls foul of the law, that entity should be penalised - fined or prosecuted. If a road contractor refuses to put the appropriate warning signs to warn commuters about any hazard that the ongoing work has brought, that company should be fined. In the same vein if the city authorities leave trenches open without covering, the city must be fined. Take for instance, when the Accra Metropolitan Authority AMA or Kumasi Metropolitan Authority KMA or Zoomlion garbage truck refuses to cover the garbage that it is transporting and it becomes a health hazard. The health and safety authority should be able to fine them for not doing the right thing. In this country, the people who are supposed to enforce the law government agencies, police and the districts/municipals/metropolitan are those who flout the law. TESTING AND CERTIFICATION It is suggested the that National Health and Safety Authority is to develop training manuals for institutions and anyone who wants to work in areas such as the haulage of petroleum products, transit goods, electrical installations and be made to undergo or sit an exam related to that industry. Only trained and competent people should be allowed to work on such areas. Why do we have to allow just any driver to operate a fifty-seater bus just because he has a driving license Proper training and certification by the appropriate body would help reduce accidents caused by hazards perception. As I stated in part one of this article last week, most of the accidents that happens on our road are due to hazards or broken cars on the road. If people in the country, especially drivers, are made to write health and safety tests related to the usage of the road, most accidents on the road can be prevented. A word to the wise is enough.
2008-09-05 00:20:07Housing market 'needs more help'
Government must take "decisive action" to help the housing market, say the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
2008-08-31 18:33:03
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