Construction Workers

March 29, 2023

Kerala Govt’s construction workers’ welfare fund cess collection a body blow to common man

Owners of buildings having a total construction cost of Rs 10 lakh and above have to remit one percent of the total construction cost to the Construction Workers Welfare Board as cess.

March 27, 2023
Pension eludes construction workers as Welfare Board faces fund crunch

The last time the monthly pension of Rs 1,600 was paid was in August 2022.
February 03, 2023
Bldg cess defaulters asked to pay up in one go, hefty interest for delay

The District Labour Officers are forcing the owners to make the payments in one go in order to meet the targets fixed in the intensive campaign to collect the arrears.
November 08, 2022
Underpass collapse | Joints could not stand concrete weight: NIT-K

Avoiding using such joints till endurance exercise is done, says report submitted to NHAI
October 26, 2022
Building collapses in Maradu, two Odisha natives dead

The deceased has been identified as Shankar (25) and Sushant (35), natives of Odisha.
July 27, 2022
Local bodies to levy 1% cess on private buildings

The cess would go to the construction workers' welfare fund.
May 28, 2022
Quality certificate must hereafter for clearing bills of PWD contractors

The recurring bad construction projects has embarrassed the Public Works Department no end.

Construction Workers

Kerala Govt’s construction workers’ welfare fund cess collection a body blow to common man

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Pension eludes construction workers as Welfare Board faces fund crunch

Bldg cess defaulters asked to pay up in one go, hefty interest for delay

Underpass collapse | Joints could not stand concrete weight: NIT-K

Building collapses in Maradu, two Odisha natives dead

Local bodies to levy 1% cess on private buildings

Quality certificate must hereafter for clearing bills of PWD contractors

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