"One of the important measures to be taken by Factories for Health, Safety and Welfare of the workers is 'Ventilation and Temperature' in the work environment". Explain the statutory provisions in this regard under Facto

Ventilation and temperature Section 13 of the Factories Act, 1948 provides that every factory should make suitable and effective provisions for securing and maintaining: adequate ventilation by the circulation of fresh air; and such a temperature as will secure to the workers reasonable conditions of comfort and prevent injury to health. What is reasonable temperature depends upon the circumstances of each case. The State Government has been empowered to lay down the standard of adequate ventilation and reasonable temperature for any factory or class or description of factories or parts thereof. It may direct that proper measuring instruments at such places and in such position as may be specified shall be provided and prescribed records shall be maintained. Measures to reduce excessively high temperature: To prevent excessive heating of any workroom following measures shall be adopted: walls and roofs shall be of such material and so designed that such temperature shall not be exceeded but kept as low as practicable; where the nature of the work carried on in the factory involves, or is likely to involve, the production of excessively high temperatures, such adequate measures as are practicable shall be taken to protect the workers there from, by separating the process which produces such temperatures from the workroom, by insulating the hot parts or by other effective means. The Chief Inspector is empowered to direct any factory to adopt such methods which will reduce the excessively high temperature. In this regard, he can specify the measures which in his opinion should be adopted.