Section 106: Means of communication

(1) Every employer of building workers shall provide reliable and effective means of communication such as telephone, walkie-talkie, mobile phones or any other similar means of communication, and shall maintain them in working order. For arranging better and effective communication, the following locations shall be specially kept in mind—

(a) at the entry of the working chamber ;

(b) at intervals of one hundred metre along the tunnel ; and

(c) the working chamber side of the man-lock near the door, interior of each chamber of the man-lock, the lock attendant’s station, the compressor plant, the first-aid station and outside the portal or at top of the shaft.

(2) Bells and whistles shall also be made available at all times at the aforesaid locations.