Various high-ranking politicians and officials have visited the site and condemned the unlawfulness of the Babusapalya building. But while the builders, Andhra-based Muniraju Reddy and his son Bhuvan Reddy, have been arrested for flouting regulations and constructing illegally on kharab-B land, it is not clear that any of the revenue officials, city officials, or elected representatives have been held to account.
AICCTU demands the following:
Expeditious processing of worker compensation:* BBMP and the labour department have promised Rs. 5 lakh compensation for the families of the deceased and payment of hospital expenses for the injured. This must be enhanced to atleast Rs. 10 lakhs and dispensed at the earliest without bureaucratic delays.
Action against erring officials: Action has to be taken against the erring officials in the BBMP, labour and other departments, who have turned a blind eye, or worse still facilitated this illegal construction. Corruption kills. AICCTU demands that various nodes along the chain of flouted construction permissions, regulations, and authorisations as also the violation of labour laws, are held to account.
A comprehensive review of the living and working conditions of migrant labourers: The labour department must review the conditions of migrant labourers employed in the city and produce an official report of their housing, wages, working and other conditions. In particular, the labour department must ascertain ways to strengthen the implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
Ensuring workplace safety an protections: An audit of all building construction sites across the city with regard to the compliance with the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment. And Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, must be undertaken by the Karnataka Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board. In particular what needs to be focused on is the registration of construction workers and the compliance with provisions relating to the living and working conditions of construction workers and provision of safety and health measures.
No life is disposable! All life is precious! It is on the backs of migrant, daily-wagers, manual labourers and the working class, after all that the city is built, maintained, and cleaned.
AICCTU demands the following:
Expeditious processing of worker compensation:* BBMP and the labour department have promised Rs. 5 lakh compensation for the families of the deceased and payment of hospital expenses for the injured. This must be enhanced to atleast Rs. 10 lakhs and dispensed at the earliest without bureaucratic delays.
Action against erring officials: Action has to be taken against the erring officials in the BBMP, labour and other departments, who have turned a blind eye, or worse still facilitated this illegal construction. Corruption kills. AICCTU demands that various nodes along the chain of flouted construction permissions, regulations, and authorisations as also the violation of labour laws, are held to account.
A comprehensive review of the living and working conditions of migrant labourers: The labour department must review the conditions of migrant labourers employed in the city and produce an official report of their housing, wages, working and other conditions. In particular, the labour department must ascertain ways to strengthen the implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
Ensuring workplace safety an protections: An audit of all building construction sites across the city with regard to the compliance with the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment. And Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, must be undertaken by the Karnataka Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board. In particular what needs to be focused on is the registration of construction workers and the compliance with provisions relating to the living and working conditions of construction workers and provision of safety and health measures.
No life is disposable! All life is precious! It is on the backs of migrant, daily-wagers, manual labourers and the working class, after all that the city is built, maintained, and cleaned.