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Construction workers to strike work today

Staff Reporter

60,000 workers in the sector to join the stir

KOCHI: Construction activities in the city will come to a standstill on Monday. The joint action council of various organisations in the construction sector will strike work to press their demands for immediate steps to solve the crisis in the sector.

As many as 60,000 construction workers in Kochi Corporation, Thripunithura and Kalamassery municipalities and neighbouring panchayats will join the stir being organised by key organisations in the segment, including the Kerala Builders' Form, Builders' Association of India, Kerala Builders' Association (KBA), Graduate Engineers Association, Kerala, Association of Piling Specialists, and other related organisations such as the Cement Dealers' Association and Kerala Vyapari Vyvasayi Ekopana Samithi.

Rally

The KBA would take out a rally from Marine Drive, in the morning, and stage a dharna near the Revenue Tower at Boat Jetty, according to its State president M.D. Jairaj. The dharna would be inaugurated by Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi State president T. Nazaruddin.

The builders said the Government should give the sector a fair deal .

The issue of reduced floor area ratio (FAR) was the focal point of the agitations. The builders said the construction segment should be accorded industry status and also sought comprehensive master plans for all the 14 districts in the State. This, they said, should be announced in a time-bound manner. The master plans for Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram should be finalised within six months on the basis of the commercial importance of the cities, they added.

A massive escalation in cement prices following the proposals in the Budget -2007 had hit the construction segment. The builders sought corrective measures in the procedure of collection Building Tax.

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