Tamil Nadu : Modern waiting rooms with basic amenities will be set up for construction workers in Chennai Corporation areas. Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran on Thursday released sample photographs for this.
Lakhs of workers are engaged in 54 types of construction works under the Construction Workers Welfare Board across Tamil Nadu. They have to wait for long hours on the roadsides regardless of sun or rain for vehicles carrying them to work every day.
It is worth noting that about 30 per cent of these are women. The Tamil Nadu government is planning to set up waiting rooms with basic amenities for the convenience of these workers.
Based on this, in the first phase, three places will be selected in the Chennai Corporation where construction workers congregate and waiting rooms will be set up there. Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran on Thursday released sample photographs of those rooms.
Rs 18 lakh each: Chennai Corporation officials said:
A state-of-the-art air-conditioned rest house for food delivery workers was recently brought into use by the Chennai Corporation. After this, waiting rooms are being built for construction workers at three places including Kolathur and Ayanavaram at a cost of Rs 18 lakh each. The construction work will be done by the corporation administration, while the Construction Workers Welfare Board will bear the entire cost to the corporation. These waiting rooms will have seating arrangements, fans, drinking water and toilet facilities, so that 25 to 30 people can sit at a time. He said that these waiting rooms will be made available for use by the general public in the next three weeks.
