To provide facilities for the working class, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on the occasion of International labour Day on Monday, laid foundation stone for construction of temporary shelter homes for labourers at seven places and opened a Social Security Board for unorganised workers.
The Chief Minster too launched the Construction Workers’ Service Week being organised by the labour and Employees State Insurance (ESI) Department.
labour and ESI Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick, G Srinivas, labour Commissioner Sachin R Jadav and other senior officials graced the occasion.
The CM laid foundation stones for the proposed shelter homes for labourers at Cuttack, Jajpur, Paradip and Berhampur through video conferencing.
He physically laid stones at three places in the Kharvel Nagar area here before attending the function marking the International labour Day celebrations.
Patnaik said temporary shelter homes with capacity of 1,700 beds for labourers would be set up at 21 places across the State.
He too inaugurated Prabasi Shramika Sahayata Kendra for Odia workers in Telangana through video-conferncing. He said three more three such centres would be set up in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
He said that the State Government has prepared an action plan worth Rs 134 crore to curb labour migration and for their rehabilitation.
The National Child labour project has been expanded to remaining six districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Boudh, Phulbani, Bhadrak and Puri. The objective is to ensure Odisha become a child labour-free State, he said.
The Minister informed that over 18 lakh construction workers have been registered so far in the State. The Government has provided Rs 389 crore to more than 7 lakh labourers as assistance under several programmes. Assistance centres have been set up for Non-Resident Odia workers in various States, he said.