The government has moved to ensure health safety for the personnel working at the BSCIC industrial estates amid the coronavirus outbreak, an official said.
Under the initiative, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, or BSCIC, has asked all authorities concerned to provide health services on a priority basis to those who are engaged with production, monitoring and supplies of essential commodities, including medical items, in all industrial units.
“We have requested all medical college hospital authorities, district civil surgeons and upazila health and family welfare officials for giving health services on a priority basis to the officials and workers at the BSCIC industrial estates during the prevailing coronavirus pandemic,” chairman of BSCIC Md Mostaque Hassan, ndc told the FE on Sunday.
He said the industrial units at the BSCIC estates are now engaged in producing essential commodities like foods, medicines, hand sanitisers, agriculture machineries, etc.
There are a total of 5,982 industrial units at BSCIC’s 76 industrial estates in the country. Out of the total units, 4,280 are conducting operations amid the pandemic.
Workers and officials of many running units have been engaged with production and supplies of various key products including personal protective equipment (PPEs), hand sanitisers, medical oxygen, face masks, soap, flour, salt, bread, biscuits, poultry, cattle and fish feeds, agricultural machinery, pesticides and fertiliser, according to BSCIC.
The chairman of BSCIC further said the government is also considering providing health risk allowances to the staffers at the industrial estates.
