Awareness Camp For Labourers in West Kameng

A Correspondent

BOMDILA: In an effort to educate the labour class of the benefits – statutory, non-statutory and other welfare measures, the Arunachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction Worker’s Welfare Board (APB&OCWWB) Bomdila, conducted awareness camps at Tenzingang, Morshing, Kalaktang and Sangti in West Kameng district.

It was attended by hundreds of registered and non-registered construction workers from both the organized and unorganized sectors besides public leaders, ex-PRI members, gaon burahs, trade union activists and executive members of the All Arunachal Pradesh Workers Union.

Registering Officer APB&OCWWB Bomdila Niku Killo dwelling on the benefits envisaged for the registered workers nformed that under the statutory benefits, the board provides death and accidental benefits, Medical assistance and education benefits besides free insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jivan Jyoti Bima Yojana.

Other benefits and facilities such as LED TV, blankets, solar lamps, gumboots, rain coats, etc., are provided to the registered labourers, he said and added that as of now, more than forty thousand labourers have already been registered under the board in the State.

DL&EO Bomdila attended the camps as resource person and encouraged the labours to get registered so as to avail the benefits given by the board.

Welfare kits and registration forms were distributed at the end of every camp.