All-Women Team to Take Over Operations of Tata Steel Iron Mine
11/30/2021 - For the first time in the country’s history, a 30-member team of women will independently work all shifts at Tata Steel’s Noamundi Iron Mine in Jharkhand, India, reports India Today.
This comes as part of a new initiative, “Women at Mines” at the Ore, Mines and Quarry (OMQ) division of the mine in West Singhbhum district. The objective of the initiative, termed “Tejaswini 2.0,” was to “enhance gender diversity in the workplace, particularly in a difficult sector like mining,” said Atul Kumar Bhatnagar, general manager, OMQ division, Tata Steel.
The program was designed to provide technical training to unskilled women workers and enable them to work in the mines, according to India Today. Many of the operators had never even driven a scooter but are now confidently operating heavy machinery.
The steelmaker is aiming for women to make up 20% of its total workforce by 2025.
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