Contents of the OSH Rules (Lakshadweep)

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025

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Chapter IX — Special Provisions for Contract Labour and Inter-state MigrantsPart V — FactoriesPrinted after rule 86Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T, 27 Apr 2026

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Sl No. Type of additions or alterations or extensions

1 Boundary Wall up to height of 4 Feet

2 Rooms/Cabins to be used for clerical/managerial/Pantry purposes.

3 Security picket/ Guard Rooms

4 Sheds for Vehicle Parking

5 Canopies for Generator Sheds

6 Balcony/Chajjas

7 Changes in Outer Gates.

8 Rooms to be used for Residential Purposes.

9 Electricity Meter rooms

10 Toilets/Urinals

11 Demolition of any part of factory building

12 Additional staircases or ramps

13 Addition or re-orientation of machinery which does not result in any change in

manufacturing process or end product or by product or breathing space of the

work room

14 Stores where non-combustible or non-flammable or non- toxic

materials to be stored.

(4) Application for approval of the plans shall be made in Form-33 to the Inspector-cum-

Facilitator on portal along with the following documents/forms, namely: -

(a) Land Diversion Certificate from the department of Revenue Department Union

Territory Administration of Lakshadweep.

(b) particulars of rooms in Form-34;

(c)details of manufacturing process showing raw materials or by-products or end

product along with the quantity or capacity;

(d) list of chemicals to be used or stored or produced along with quantity;

(e)details of cess paid; and

(f) such other document as the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may require.

(4A) Every person applying under this rule shall appoint a person declared as competent person

under the Code for drawing of building plans or structural drawings and for issuing the stability

certificate of the building.

(5) The applicant and the competent person shall sign the application, plans, structural

drawings, specifications and the certificates as required in the relevant forms and documents,

before making submission.

(6) All dimensions in the plan shall be indicated in metric units.

(7) Colourings of plans shall be as under: -

Sl. Item Site and Building Plan (On

No White Background

1 Plot line . Thick Black

2 Building lines Thin Black

3 Open space No colour

4 Construction to be approved Blue filled in

5 Work proposed to be demolished Yellow filled in

6 Proposed construction Brown filled in

7 Drainage & sewerage work Red dotted

8 Water Supply Green dotted

9 Already approved construction Orange filled in

10 Revised/Altered building Pink filled in

11 Fire escapes Orange dotted

12 Any other Purple dotted

(8) The site plan to be sent along with the application shall be drawn to a scale of 1: 100

for plots upto five hundred square meter in size and on a scale of 1:500 for plots above five

hundred square meter ln size. This site plan shall show the following: -

(a) boundaries of the site and any contiguous features;

(b) direction of the north point relative to the site;

(c) streets or roads adjoining the site with their width clearly dimensioned and names,

if any;

(d) area calculations, such as ground coverage, floor area ratio, parking calculations,

any other relevant calculations, as required;

(e) disposal of waste water, sewerage and storm water or storage of hazardous waste;

(f) details of buildings or drains or structures or physical features falling within five

hundred meters of factory;

(g) prominent urban service points above or underground (like sewer or water pipes,

gas pipeline, transformers, electric poles or lines, phone distribution boxes, etc.) within

five hundred metres area; and

(h) such other particulars, as may be required by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(9) The application shall consist of building plans, sections and elevations shall be drawn

to the scale 1: 100 and shall include,

(a) floor plans of all the floors together with covered area clearly indicating the size

and spacing of all framing members, sizes of rooms, staircases, ramps, lift wells, means

of lighting, ventilation, fire-escapes, position and size of plant or machinery or

equipment, drinking water points, details of urinals or latrines, roof materials, washing

facilities or drenching facilities, space for storing or drying of clothes, creche, rest-

rooms, mess-rooms, canteens, ambulance room or occupational health centre;

(b) one section from front showing the height of the building or room;

(c) one section through the staircase;

(d) the schedule indicating the size of the doors, windows, openings and other

methods of ventilation of each room or area;

(e) provision for differently-abled person, photovoltaic solar power plant, rain water

harvesting system wherever required.

(f) The plans of building or structure to be used as factory shall not be approved unless

such plans meet the occupational safety and health standards declared by Central

Government under section 18 and 23 of the Code and such plans should also meet the

welfare facilities prescribed by Central Government under section 24 of the Code or

any other standards as may be prescribed by the Central Government or Union Territory

Administration of Lakshadweep from time to time.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025, F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T — Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII, No. 07, pp. 41–43 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 41 · official download · all sources