Summary:
The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre and Delhi government why funds collected for the welfare of construction workers in the capital are not being used to pay their daily wages when construction activities are stopped. The Board also said the statutes did not provide for paying daily wages to idle workers. Advertising“You (Centre and state governments) stop or ban construction activity and the labourers are left without work. The court’s order came after the BOCW Board told the bench that it cannot give any relief to unregistered workers from the funds collected, as it is not provided under the statute. It further orally observed, “Why should the state and the central government be not fastened with the liability?.