SANGRUR: 250 TURN UP TO REGISTER AS LABOURERS

SANGRUR : Over 250 people crowded the local Sewa Kendra on Thursday to register as labourers, with the state government depositing Rs 3,000 in accounts of labourers registered with it during the coronavirus pandemic. Women were also among those who had gathered.

All of them, however, were sent back as the Sewa Kendras are not yet offering this service, with only 153 designated works being done.

This was the 3rd day since the Sewa Kendra reopened in the district.

The district has over 27,000 registered labourers and almost all of them had received Rs 6,000 over the past two months. Registration as a labourer is valid for five years, with the government fee kept at Rs 635.

“I have been working as a labourer for years, but was unaware of the benefits of registration,” claimed Kanta Devi, one of those who had queued up.