MBoCW CEO and Formers Minister flagged off the awareness campaign for Naka workers
Awareness campaign on registration of naka workers started off today with the flagging off of the awareness vehicle by the Secretary cum CEO MBoCW Shri S.C. Shrirangam and former Rajya Sabha Member and former Maharashtra Labour Minister Shri. Hussain Dalwai. In view of migrant workers crisis caused due to COVID 19 and lowest rate of registration of naka workers in Mumbai, Kamgar Sanrakshan Sammaan Sangh (KSSS) has taken the initiative to create awareness on registration of naka workers in all the 24 wards of Mumbai. The workers will be informed of the importance of registration and the process of registration under the Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (MBoCW). With the registration, workers will be able to get the benefits of more than 20 welfare schemes meant for their social protection covering health, education of their children, financial assistance and social security schemes. The Board can cover more than 20 different types of workers engaged in the construction industry for example masons, carpenters, electricians, sewer workers, fabricators, glass workers etc.
More than 17 organisations has supported the campaign to facilitate the registration of the naka workers in Mumbai including the Ola Uber union (Maharashtra App Based Transport Workers Union) which has provided the vehicle support.
Others present at the program today were Anil Hebbar from Helping Hands Charitable Trust, Adv Lara Jesani, PUCL, Shweta Damle HALWA and WPC, Brijesh Arya, Pehchan, Amrita Paradkar and Deepak Paradkar from Ajeevika Bureau
KSSS member today visited nakas in Bandra, Khetwadi, Andheri and Versova. The western region awareness drive will end on 18 in Dahisar. Remaining wards in Eastern, Central and South Mumbai will be covered in this month.
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