Delhi construction workers' woes continue despite uptick in registration

Delhi construction workers welfare board has registered around 6,400% increase in registrations but many remain aloof

It was March 2020, when Rachna Devi, a construction worker, was finally happy that a government had done something for low-income people like her. The reason — Rs 5,000 Covid relief announced by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
 
But her happiness was short-lived, she said, adding, “For the first time in my life I was desperately looking to the government for help and that too was denied to me because I was not registered as a construction worker.”
 
Devi is not alone in being denied government benefits in the absence of proper registration with the Delhi Building