The All Kerala Government Contractors Association will suspend all work and observe a token strike on March 4 demanding immediate government intervention to address the crisis facing the construction sector.
If the government failed to act even after the token strike, the contractors said they would be forced to boycott tenders and suspend work indefinitely after the General Elections. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, office-bearers of the association accused the government and officials of not making any intervention to resolve the crisis in the construction sector.
There was no response to multiple memorandums submitted to the Ministers of Finance, Public Works, and Local Self-Government. Though consensus was reached on many issues during discussions with the Public Works Minister, officials in the Finance department were putting up hurdles. It was not acceptable that the Finance department insisted on being privy to all decisions in which case there was no need for the Public Works department, said the office-bearers.
