Port Blair, June 29: Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands to consider for construction of transit accommodation /hostel for the construction labourers out of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund.
The MP said that the Central Government in accordance with the power conferred under Section 60 of Building and Other Construction Workers Act 1996, has promulgated specific provision in regard to having transit accommodation/hostel/ labour shed/night shelter etc. for the construction labourers under the title ‘Housing’ for Building and Other Construction Workers’.
In Andaman and Nicobar Islands as majority of building and other construction work are executed in and around the capital city of Port Blair, the construction workers not only from mainland but also residing in various Islands of our Union Territory come to Port Blair in search of job.
Hence, in order to mitigate the hardship of the Building and Other Construction workers which they faces during their transit to Port Blair, the MP requested the Lt. Governor to consider for creation of transit accommodation/labour shed with facilities such as crèches, recreation hall, library etc. to the Building and Other Construction workers at Port Blair.
For this purpose, he suggested that 340 sq. mtrs of land standing thereon very old structures in a dilapidated condition at Dairyfarm belonging to Labour department is lying vacant may be earmarked for construction of transit accommodation for the construction labours out of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund.
