The State Government is planning to make a stringent law to check human trafficking and provide security to Odisha migrant labourers in other States.
labour Secretary G Srinivas, labour Commissioner Rupa Mishra, Odisha Construction Workers’ Welfare Board Chairman Subash Singh informed this at a Press conference after a labour conference held for southern division here on Thursday.
“A special budged allocation will be made for welfare of labourers who are going outside for work. Every district will have a help desk. Surveys will be conducted for identification of migrant labourers. Stringent action will be taken against contracoters/Dalals engaged in illegal trafficking. Agreements will be signed with Karnataka, Andrha Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for welfare of labourers working in those States,” informed Srinivas.
He also informed that help desks would be opened in those States. Now, steps are being taken for registration of migrant labourers at 698 gram panchayats in Gajapati and Ganjam districts.
Regarding construction workers, the labour Commissioner said as many as 17 lakh construction workers have been registration with the welfare board. Besides, an action plan has been made to check child labour problem.
As many as 228 contractors have been given licences to traffic labourers to outside the State and the country. They have so far taken 5,217 labourers to outside the State and the country. The labour confernecne was inaugurated by labour Minister Prafulla Mallick. Among others, MlAs Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik, Devraj Mohanty and Dr Priyanshu Pradhan and Collector Prem Chandra Choudhury were present.