ICRF Thirst Quenchers 2025 second week held at Salmaniya worksite
Aligning with the Ministry of Labour's initiative to ensure a safe working environment during the sweltering three months, ICRF Bahrain distributed water, juice, laban, orange, apple and banana at the worksite of Mohammed Jalal Contracting Company located in Salmaniya.
This year, the event is supported by the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labour, LMRA and IOM.
Around 150 workers took part in the event.
Guests from Ministry of Interior, Ms Nedal Abdulla Alalawai, from Ministry of Labour - Mr Hasan AlAradi – Head of Occupational Safety & Health Inspection and from LMRA - Mr Fahad AlBinali, all spoke about the support extended to the workers by each Ministries.
Advisor Dr Babu Ramachandran talked about health and safety precautions to be taken during the summer months.
ICRF Chairman Adv. V K Thomas, Joint Secretaries Javad Pasha and Suresh Babu, Vice Chairmen Prakash Mohan and Pankaj Nallur, Treasurer Uday Shanbhagh, Thirst Quenchers Coordinators Faisal Madapally and Siraj, Sivakumar, Ajayakrishnan, Zulfiqar Moiz, Kalpana Patil, Sandra Palanna, Althea D'Souza, HSE Officer Rajesh Sadanand along with enthusiastic students have joined the distribution.
As in previous years, the Bohra community and generous volunteers have shown strong support for this project.
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