SURAT: Centre for Social Studies (CSS) will be coming out with a fact-finding report on the tragic accident on January 19 near Kim crossroad where 15 migrants were crushed by a truck in their sleep.
CSS has formed a fact-finding committee of nine members to identify the reasons that caused the accident and what can be done to prevent such incidents in the future. The committee will make its first report public after preliminary study.
The committee includes Kiran Desai, director of CSS; Hemant Shah, economist; Vipul Pandya, of Bandhkam Mazdoor Sangathan; Krishnakant Chauhan, a social worker; Kirti Patel, retired labour department official; Uttam Parmar, activist; Shantilal Mina and Denis Macwan, both from Prayas Centre for Labour Research and Action; and Sanjay Patel of Aajeevika Bureau.