Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Decides to Strictly Monitor Explosive Materials for Mining; Forms 7-Member Provincial Committee for Regulatory Oversight and Coordination
PESHAWAR: The government of KP has made a significant effort to bolster monitoring and control of explosives being used in the mining activities of the province.
The provincial government has official notification of the formation of a Provincial Explosives Coordination, Monitoring, and Oversight Committee comprising 7 members, which is to regulate, coordinate and have administrative control on the operation of explosives.
Discuss the key highlights of KP Government’s Explosives Monitoring Committee.
The Committee will be headed by the official of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Department as Special Secretary, and the remainder of the committee members will be recruited on the basis of their professional experience and skills. In addition to the Additional Secretary FSC (Home Department) and the Additional Secretary (Industries Department), representatives from the Home Department, Industries Department and the Provincial Security Secretariat are also members.
The committee also features the Provincial Security Secretariat Director and Deputy Director IT of the Home Department as well as a Deputy Director of the Provincial Security Secretariat, who is also a member of and a secretariat of the committee.
The tasks and duties of the committee are to create efficient coordination between the provincial departments, district administration, law enforcement and security organisations. It will be responsible for everything related to explosives throughout the province, ensure adherence to legislation and guidelines governing the handling of hazardous materials and will be guided by directives issued by the federal government, National Explosives and Petroleum Safety Agency, NACTA and others. In addition, the committee will record compliance with laws, rules, policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the safe, legal and effective handling of explosives, to be immediately acted upon until further order.