At least three labourers were killed and one was severely injured after a large concrete slab of an under-construction bridge fell on them in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore on Monday.
An 'A-category' terrorist involved in the recent attack at a labour camp in Ganderbal where seven people were killed, was on Tuesday eliminated in an encounter with security forces in the Dachigam forest in Srinagar.
Labourers riding on a tractor- trolley were returning from work when their vehicle was hit hard from behind by a truck.
The three miners have been trapped since May 26 following a landslide in the Patkai hills located in the state's Tinsukia district.
Both the CITU and the INTTUC have said that they will start a major agitation on this issue soon.
The meeting discussed the regulation and management of labourers in the district before the start of the working season, keeping in view the rising cases of COVID-19 in Leh.
At some time in the last four to five decades we stopped recognising that human resources were as important as capital and raw material to run an enterprise and it was a false narrative that only promoters, investors and shareholders had an inherent claim over the profits. Skill development and building partnership with workers was not required
According to a statement released by the district spokesperson, Rs two lakh will be given to the families of labourers who lost their lives and Rs one lakh to those critically injured due to the collapse of a three-storey building on Sunday night.
Highlighting her party's efforts to help the poor and the needy, Gandhi mentioned that Congress workers across the country have been persistently making all efforts to provide relief activities adding that the state units of the Congress are taking all necessary measures to send migrants back home without any cost.
Thorat said nearly 18,000 workers belonging to Uttar Pradesh have registered themselves with the district level helplines started by the Congress in Maharashtra.
