Labour crunch hits roads construction and realty business

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In the past few weeks, construction work has been impacted by stricter Covid-19 curbs, fears of a complete lockdown, and workers falling ill. The situation is, however, not the same everywhere, with states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, where the severity of Covid-19 infections is high, reporting a higher loss of on-site labourers.

Road construction projects across the country are staring at cost escalation if the second wave of Covid-19 continues for a longer duration. Confirming this, an official of the National Highways Authority of India said only if the contagion was contained

Road construction witnessed a near 60 per cent year-on-year jump in the first two months of financial year 2021-22 (FY22), despite restrictions being imposed in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19. Around 1,470 km of roads were constructed during the first two months of the current fiscal, as against 847 km in the corresponding period last year, according to official figures.

However, these are provisional numbers as the state public works departments of Maharashtra and Goa are yet to provide data. This increase comes in the backdrop of a similar rise over the course of the previous

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