Online one day legal awareness programme held
Source: The Sangai Express
Tamenglong, August 30 2021:
The District Legal Services Authority, Tamenglong organised an online awareness programme for Para Legal Volunteers and senior citizens of Tamenglong today on the topic 'Manipur Building and Other Construction Welfare Scheme, 2016' to assist labourers in availing benefits provided in the scheme through PLVs.
It was organised in collaboration with Manipur State Legal Services Authority and under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority.
The programme was attended by Aribam Guneshwor Sharma, District & Sessions Judge, Imphal West Cum Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Tamenglong; Leonid Ahanthem, Civil Judge Junior Division Cum Judicial Magistrate First Class, Noney; K Nirojit, Secretary ,District Legal Services Authority, Tamenglong and M Purnimashi Devi, PLV- Women Commission, Imphal West.
The Para-Legal Volunteers (PLVs) of Tamenglong and Noney Districts also took part in the interaction cum awareness programme.
Addressing the programme, Aribam Guneshwor Sharma highlighted the importance of the awareness programme especially for the labourers who are engaged in various construction works including roads, railways line, building construction etc.
Resource person, M Purnimashi while enlightening the participants about the procedures of availing the benefits from the schemes said, "first of all we have to identify the labourers who are currently working in the construction sites and get them registered in the Labour Department'' .
He also said that the labour card would aid the labourers in case they get into an accident while carrying out the construction work.
Through the labour card, a labourer could get a benefits of Rs 5000 within five day or if he/she is hospitalized for more than one month as per nature of the accident or wound, he/she would get upto Rs 1,00,000 .