Labour dept to hold awareness camps from today

Chamba District Labour Welfare Officer Shweta Kumari on Wednesday said the District Labour Welfare Board, under the aegis of the Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, will organise a series of awareness camps for labourers engaged in construction works in the district.

The main objective of these awareness camps is to inform all workers engaged in building and construction activities in Himachal Pradesh, along with their families, about the various welfare schemes being run by the Labour Welfare Board.

The district labour welfare officer said first camp would be held on October 25 at Chaurasi Temple Complex at Bharmour gram panchayat, for the workers of Bharmour, Sanchui, Khani, Hadsar, Garima, and Paranghala panchayats in the Bharmour development block.

On October 26, an awareness camp will be held in Himgiri gram panchayat for the panchayats of Panjei, Khadjota and Himgiri in the Salooni development block.

Next camp will be organised in Kudanu gram panchayat for Parchod, Banet, Turkra, Malunda and Kudanu panchayats in the Bhattiyat development block on October 29.