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Most infra projects already sweat human capital in multiple shifts

Beyond 11 to 5, infra projects break limits, navigate local realities, industry execs react to N R N Murthy's fireside remarks

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Amritha Pillay Mumbai
India’s infrastructure (infra) sector is already sweating out its human capital, according to executives in the field reacting to Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy’s recent comments urging the industry to increase shifts.

Last week, Murthy, during a fireside chat moderated by Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of the brokerage platform Zerodha, said, “People in the infra industry must work three shifts a day.”

Infra executives point out that, where feasible, most infra projects are already operating different shifts.

“Infra project agencies already work day and night on mega projects, depending on the regulations in different city limits,” said R A Rajeev,