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The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Building workers protest in Vijayawada, demand revival of Welfare Board and repeal of Labour Codes
The Building Workers Union (CITU), Central City Committee, staged a protest here on Monday (July 07), urging the government to immediately revive the Welfare Board for construction workers and calling for the repeal of the controversial Labour Codes introduced by the Central government. The protest was part of a broader call to action ahead of the nationwide strike scheduled for July 9. Addressing the gathering, CITU Central City secretary M. Babu Rao expressed deep concern over the neglect faced by construction workers, many of whom have lost their livelihoods and are struggling to survive. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has failed to address the critical issues faced by workers even after completing a year in office. The government had misled workers by announcing its intention to revoke Memo No. 1214, which was issued by the previous administration and related to construction workers' welfare schemes, he alleged. Mr. Babu Rao demanded that the coalition government clarify what obstacles were preventing it from restoring the Welfare Board. 'Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu must speak out immediately on the status of the board and welfare schemes, or be prepared to face the wrath of the working class,' he said. The demands include immediate restoration of the Construction Workers Welfare Board and associated schemes, guaranteed employment for all construction workers, compensation through the Welfare Board for those injured in workplace accidents and allocation of two cents of housing land to every eligible construction worker.
Hans India
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Building workers demand revival of welfare board
Vijayawada: Following the call given by the State Committee of AP Building & Other Construction Workers Federation (CITU), the Building Workers Union of the NTR District Committee, organised a protest demonstration at Dharna Chowk here on Thursday, urging the state government to immediately resolve the issues faced by construction workers. P Apparao and Pilli Narasimha Rao, district president and secretary of the Building Workers Union, stated that the previous government had done injustice to construction workers. Before the elections, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan and Lokesh promised in every meeting to revive the welfare board and implement welfare schemes if their coalition came to power. However, they expressed anguish that despite ten months in power, the coalition government has taken no steps to fulfil this promise. NTR district president of CITU A Venkateswara Rao said that Rs 4,298 crore is currently available in the state's Welfare Board, as recently announced by the Labour Minister in the Legislative Council. He stressed that the government does not need to allocate even a single rupee. He demanded immediate revival of the Building Workers Welfare Board and the implementation of welfare schemes. The previous YSRCP government halted ongoing welfare schemes for workers by issuing Circular 1214. The coalition government had promised to cancel this circular and revive the Welfare Board. The leaders warned that if the State government fails to honour its promises, construction workers will launch an agitation. CITU Central City leaders M Baburao, Y Subbarao, Building Workers Union Central City Secretary B Govindu, East City Secretary VB Raju, Ali, Babu, Irfan, Azaruddin, West City leaders S Subbareddy, Joseph, and Building Workers Union leaders V Kanakarao, Ch Srinivas, Suribabu, Ranasthalam Satyanarayana, Satyam, T Harikrishna, Simhachalam and others participated.
