Ghaziabad Construction Workers

Taking note of worsening air quality, the Supreme Court has re-imposed the ban on construction activities in Delhi and neighbouring NCR cities and directed the states to provide subsistence to workers from the funds collected as labour cess.

For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.

For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.

Taking note of worsening air quality, the Supreme Court has re-imposed the ban on construction activities in Delhi and neighbouring NCR cities and directed the states to provide subsistence to workers from the funds collected as labour cess.

For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.

For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.