Rs 134-crore plan for migrant labourers
Puri: Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board Chairman Subash Singh told reporters here on Thursday that the State Government has made an action plan of Rs 134 crore for a permanent solution to migrant labour problem in 11 districts. An agreement with the Tata Trust has been signed in this regard. Officials would move door to door to collect data and, accordingly, livelihood sources, including vegetable, dairy and poultry farming, and other economic development programmes would be undertaken. Such surveys would be undertaken in 30 gram panchayats in Balangir and Nuapada districts soon, he said.
Railway employees felicitated
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (ECoRWWO) president Madhulika Singh felicitated dedicated Group-’D’ railway employees in recognition of their achievements and commitment on the occasion of the Shramik Diwas celebrations. About 37 dedicated railway employees were honoured on the occasion.