Ghani stresses on transparency in allotments for labourers

Around 4,242 flats, houses constructed across Sindh under Worker Welfare Board

KARACHI: Sindh Information, Archives and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said that transparency must be ensured in the allocation of flats and houses to workers and labourers in the province. Heading a meeting of the Worker Welfare Board in his office on Friday, the minister said that the board should utilise all its resources for the allotment of 4,242 flats and houses constructed across the province for workers and labourers.

Besides, said Ghani, a policy should be formulated to ensure immediate assistance to workers and labourers for marriages, scholarships, deaths, and other grants. The conditions of all secondary and primary schools under the Workers Welfare Board should be improved, he added. Ghani said that a policy should be formulated for the promotion of teachers at said schools in a timely manner.

The minister was briefed on the houses, colonies and flats leased under the welfare board across Sindh. He was informed that flats were provided to flood affectees in 2010 in Labour Colony, Hyderabad and Shaheed Benzirabad had not been vacated as yet but flats provided as immediate relief in other labour colonies of the province have been vacated.

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Ghani was told that 512 houses in Kotri, 1,024 houses in Sukkur, 192 in Nooriabad, 512 in Shaheed Benazirabad, 96 in Larkana, 100 in Ranipur, 74 in Jacababad, and a total of 4,242 flats and houses, including those in other districts, are ready for allotment while a work order has been issued for the construction of 1,500 flats in Kotri and work on three other colonies is under way. The minister said that the requests received from workers and labourers, pertaining to the 4,242 flats and houses, should be processed quickly and the process of allotment should be completed without further delays.

Ghani was informed that so far payments have been made for 431 cases of scholarships, 375 marriage grants, and 29 cases of deaths in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana. Ghani directed Labour Secretary Abdul Rasheed Solangi to inspect all labour colonies and schools operating under the Worker Welfare Board and submit a detailed report in this regard along with suggestions for improvement.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9^th, 2019.