Repair and maintenance of dilapidated row houses called ‘layams’, where plantation workers live, at Bonacaud will begin soon after Onam, Minister for Labour V. Sivankutty has said.
He was speaking at a meeting attended by Minister for Finance K.N. Balagopal in connection with renovation of the layams at Bonacaud on Thursday.
The Minister said an amount of ₹2.71 crore had been sanctioned for the renovation of the layams through the Plantation Workers Relief Fund Committee, chaired by the District Collector. The district Nirmithi Kendra had been tasked with the construction. The committee would monitor the work.
