Construction Workers
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Delhi govt to provide cashless medical facility to construction workers: Check benefits, eligibility
Delhi | June 23, 2026 22:05 ISTThe Delhi Building and Construction Workers Health Scheme will benefit about 2.70 lakh registered workers and their families, covering around 10 lakh people.
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6,000 construction workers from India to arrive in Israel in April-May amid labour shortage
World | April 11, 2024 11:43 ISTThese workers will be brought to Israel via an "air shuttle" to help the country's labour shortage amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. An acute shortage of workers has talled several projects, causing concerns about the increasing cost of living.
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Watch: Great Wall of China suffers 'irreversible' damage by workers with excavator, 2 arrested
World | September 07, 2023 15:28 ISTThe two suspects allegedly used the excavator to create a shortcut for their construction work to "save time and distance". They have been detained for further questioning.
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Delhi govt announces free bus rides for construction workers | Details
India | May 04, 2022 19:45 ISTAnnouncing the launch of the scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the labour department portfolio, distributed free bus passes to 100 construction workers.
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Delhi govt announces Rs 5000 medical aid to COVID positive construction workers
Good News | April 27, 2021 22:01 ISTThe Delhi government will provide a medical assistance of Rs 5,000, subject to a maximum of Rs 10,000 per family, for COVID-19 positive construction workers in the city, officials said on Tuesday.
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1.97 lakh recognised construction workers get relief from Delhi govt
India | April 27, 2021 7:10 ISTAuthorities in Delhi have so far disbursed Rs 5,000 each as a relief to 1.97 lakh construction workers in view of coronavirus-induced lockdown in the city
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Construction workers in Delhi can now register for govt schemes from their homes: Sisodia
News | November 19, 2020 16:49 ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on November 19 informed that the national capital's government has decided that registration of construction workers (for government schemes) will be done through door-step delivery.
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Telangana: Thousands of migrant workers protest at IIT-Hyderabad over lack of food, money
India | April 29, 2020 17:27 ISTThousands of migrant workers engaged in the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad construction work, staged a protest on Wednesday at Kandi in Sangareddy district.
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Tamil Nadu govt to distribute safety kits to construction workers
India | September 20, 2019 14:13 ISTChief Minister K Palaniswami had made an announcement in this connection in the state Assembly last year, an official release here said on Friday.
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'This is too much, this is exploitation of the poor': Angry SC slams Centre over plight of construction workers
India | May 01, 2018 19:49 IST"This is shocking. Is this a joke? These (construction workers) are people who have no education, no money and builders are exploiting them and the Government of India is saying that they will not do anything," an angry Supreme Court bench observed.
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In Madhya Pradesh's Katni, road built over a man who fell into pit
India | September 21, 2015 17:34 ISTNew Delhi: A man was buried alive on Friday as road construction workers failed to spot him and covered him with sand, boulders tar and then rolled over him in Katni in Madhya Pradesh.The man
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Supreme Court irked over Centre's reply, summons labour secretary
India | September 04, 2015 19:48 ISTNew Delhi: Dissatisfied over government's reply on the proposed use of a whopping Rs 27,000 crore meant for welfare of construction workers, the Supreme Court on Friday summoned the Union labour secretary to appear in
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Iraq Crises: 84 construction workers return to India
India | July 07, 2014 17:08 ISTNew Delhi: A batch of 84 construction workers, hailing from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, returned here today from Iraq, saying it was an escape from death in the strife-torn country.“It was dangerous. War has started
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Maoists abduct construction workers in Bihar
India | April 25, 2013 12:27 ISTPatna, Apr 25: Maoist guerrillas abducted five labourers engaged in road construction in Bihar late Wednesday, but released three of them early Thursday, police said.Nearly 40 armed rebels abducted the labourers from Basaia area of
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