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In the National Capital Region, migrant labourers start returning to real estate projects

NEW DELHI: Hit hard by the exodus of migrant labourers, real estate developers in the NCR are offering free transportation from their native villages to the place of employment, in addition to free ration and accommodation.

According to RK Arora, president of Uttar Pradesh chapter of apex real estate body National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), labourers who had left their work places in the wake of COVID-19 and the lockdown, have started joining real estate projects.



“Their recruitment is being done by various real estate developers in Uttar Pradesh in terms of a MOU between NAREDCO-UP and the Uttar Pradesh Government,” said Arora.

On Saturday, Supertech’s Supernova Project in Noida received a bus full of migrant labourers from Deoria, UP.

“Migrant labourers are returning to real estate projects where construction was completely stopped for want of workmen. Large numbers of labourers from Eastern Uttar Pradesh are now wanting to join real estate projects and we are arranging their transportation and employment in coming days, to help them earning livelihood, and restore construction activities at project sites,” Arora added.

The return of labourers to project sites would enable the developers to complete construction and the flat buyers get their flats at the earliest. NAREDCO had signed an agreement with Uttar Pradesh government to provide job to 2.5 lakh workers.

The entire 2.5 lakh workers will be inducted in various real estate projects in 2-3 months. The UP relief commissioner has given list of 9 lakh more workers to NAREDCO UP.

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