Migrant workers build Amaravati while carrying home with them

The Story in Brief

Amaravati’s construction is being powered by thousands of migrant workers, including 1,900 labourers building an NGO housing project at Nelapadu village in Guntur district. Most come from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. They work nine-hour shifts while remaining connected to families and farms back home. Contractors have provided bunk beds, sanitation, drinking water, separate kitchens, dining halls, medical facilities, CCTV, emergency systems and recreation areas. Workers still describe separation from their families as the hardest part of migration.

Larsen and Toubro, which is implementing the project, says workers undergo medical checks, safety induction and regular training. Its occupational safety manager says the project has recorded four million safe work hours and complied with environmental and social safeguards. Construction has transformed parts of the Krishna river plains, with heavy machinery, excavation and new roads marking the capital’s expansion.

The Indian Opinion

Amaravati is often presented either as a grand capital rising overnight or as farmland sacrificed without consequence. Both versions leave out the people doing the work and those living beside it. Facilities at the camp are useful, but they cannot replace fair wages, safe conditions and reliable access to healthcare. The real measure will be whether safety records remain strong as work expands, and whether local families gain lasting livelihoods rather than temporary disruption.

Source: thehindu.com

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