Special drive to enrol building workers: Nayini

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The Telangana State Government will take up a special drive to enrol building and other construction workers so that they could utilise the benefits under schemes initiated by the Government for their welfare. Home and Labour Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that 9.49 lakh workers had been registered so far with the Telangana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. The Government had so far disbursed Rs.82.55 crore to 69,610 workers as part of various schemes. A special drive to enrol workers in construction, considered by and large an unorganised sector, would be launched next month, he said.