Labourers rescued from Hooghly district, West Bengal through the efforts of DLSA met Rajesh Kumar, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority. The 12 labourers present narrated their ordeal to the secretary of the authority and said that they still owed a total of Rs 2,04648, which has not been paid to those people. The workers gave a written application to the secretary of the authority for payment of dues.
Taking immediate action on this, Rajesh Kumar, Secretary of the Authority, contacted Samishta Ghosh, Secretary, Hooghly District Legal Services Authority, through telephone, from which information was received that these laborers did not establish contact with the Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, Hooghly. And without listening to and understanding his words, he returned to his home in Bhandara to celebrate the festival due to which he could not be paid. The Secretary of the Authority assured those people that his efforts will be made to pay the dues of all of them without any delay.
Earlier, 22 labourers were rescued through the efforts of DLSA in which a total payment of Rs. 6,11,548 was made to the laborers. Addressing the workers, Dalsa Secretary stressed that whenever any worker goes out for work, he must get his essay done in the Labor Department. An awareness campaign was conducted among the workers regarding registration by the Labor Department. For this, Lohardaga Labour Superintendent Dinesh Bhagat himself was present. He told the benefits of getting the laborers registered in the Labor Department. He said that in case of sudden death or accident, if the laborer is registered, then an assistance amount of Rs. 200000 is provided to him from the government.
All the workers present were also registered in the Labor Department, Lohardaga on the instructions of the Dalsa Secretary. Registration is done absolutely free of cost in the Labor Department which has its office next to the Registry Office located at the Collectorate. The workers present were told that all the workers who go out to work in the neighboring villages should get themselves registered in the Labor Department and if they face any kind of problem then they should contact PLV or Dalsa office Lohardaga.