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18. Drinking water.-

(1) In every factory effective arrangements shall be made toprovide and maintenance at suitable points convenientlysituated for all workers employed therein a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water.

(2) All such points shall be legibly marked "drinking water" in alanguage understood by a majority of the workers employed inthe factory, and no such point shall be situated within 1[sixmetres of any washing place, urinal, latrine, spittoon, opendrain carrying sullage or effluent or any other sourcecontamination] unless a shorter distance is approved in writingby the Chief Inspector.

(3) In every factory wherein more than two hundred and fiftyworkers are ordinarily employed, provision shall be made for cooling drinking water during hot weather by effective meansand for distribution thereof.

(4) In respect of all factories or any class or description of factories

the State Government may make rules for securing compliancewith the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) and for theexamination by prescribed authorities of the supply anddistribution of drinking water in factories.

19. Latrine and Urinals-

(1) In every factory-

(a) Sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of prescribed

types shall be provided conveniently situated andaccessible to workers at all times while they are at factory:

(b) Separate enclosed accommodation shall be provided for male and female workers:

(c) Such accommodation should be adequately lighted andventilated, and no latrine or urinal shall, unless specially

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exempted in writing by the Chief Inspector, communicatewith any work room except through an intervening openspace or ventilated passage;

(d) All such accommodation shall be maintained in a cleanand sanitary condition at all times;

(e) Sweepers shall be employed whose primary duty it wouldbe to keep clean latrines, urinals and washing places.

(2) In every factory wherein more than two hundred and fiftyworkers are ordinarily employed-

(a) All latrine and urinal accommodation shall be of prescribedsanitary types;

(b) The floors and internal walls, up to a height of 2[ninetycentimeters], of the latrines and urinals and the sanitaryblocks shall be laid in glazed tiles or otherwise finished toprovide a smooth polished impervious surface;

(c) Without prejudice to the provisions of clauses (d) and (e)of sub-section (1), the floors, portions of the walls andblocks so laid or finished and the sanitary Pans of latrinesand urinals shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned atleast once in every seven days with suitable detergents or disinfectants or with both.

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1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, sec, 8 for certain words (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).

2. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, sec. 9 for "three feet" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987),

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