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Unions alarmed over ‘safety crisis’ in India after rise in workplace deaths

TRADE unions have urged the Indian government to improve safety at work after it reported at least 75 deaths in more than 30 industrial accidents since May.

The IndustriALL union federation has written urgently to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Indian workers have been dying at the horrifying rate of one every day since work resumed after the Covid-19 lockdown.

Indian National Metalworkers’ Federation president Dr G Sandeeva Reddy called on the government to establish an expert commission to address the safety crisis.

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