The Delhi Government will be distributing Rs 41.9 crore to over 83,000 construction workers as a pollution subsistence grant,according to an official statement.
These construction workers had not received the grant in November last year due to the non-completion of the renewal process, the statement said. The city Government had distributed a pollution subsistence grant of Rs 5,000 each to the construction workers registered with the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (DBOCWWB) during a ban on construction activities in the national capital due to high pollution levels in November.
The Delhi Government had announced an assistance of Rs 5,000 each to the workers and a total amount of Rs 250 crore was released for this.