Complete construction workers registration 'on war footing': HC to AAP govt

The bench also termed as "completely unacceptable" the Board's stand that it cannot say with certainity when examination of the application forms would be undertaken

The Delhi High Court has said it is the need of the hour to complete registration of construction workers, "on war footing" so that succour can be provided to them in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar expressed displeasure with the Delhi government's Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare (BOCWW) Board over the "cumbersome" registration form, lack of assistance from the authority in filling up application forms and no specific timeline for processing the same.

The bench refused to accept the Board's contention that it does not have the wherewithal to