Section 136: Means of communication

The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that,-

(a) reliable and effective means of communication such as telephone or walkie-talkie are provided and are maintained in working order for arranging better and effective communication at an excavation or tunneling work at the following locations, namely:-

(i) working chamber at the face of an excavation;

(ii) intervals of hundred metres along the tunnel:

(iii) working chamber side of a man lock near the door of such man lock;

(iv) interior of each chamber of a man lock:

(v) location conspicuous to a lock attendant's station;

(vi) a compressor plant:

(vii) a first-aid station; and

(viii) outside the portal or the top of a shaft;