Udupi Nirmithi Kendra jointly with the Karnataka building & other construction workers welfare board,Department of labor, Government of Karnataka conducted an extensive training program for developing the necessary skills as part of the ShramaSamarthyaYojane which included free distribution of safety gadgets and tool kits for the participating members.
ShramaSamarthyaYojane is alabor-able scheme project, launched by the state government of Karnataka for the benefit of the state’s construction workers. The main purpose of this scheme is to provide safety kit and tools kits after a hands on training to construction workers.Training is provided to the participants for their Skill enhancement in key areas involved in construction like Civil , Mechanical and Electrical engineering.
Udupi Nirmithi Kendra encourages and motivates female construction workers to participate in the workshop, this will eventually open opportunities for them to find employment in the construction field.
Udupi Nirmithi Kendra facilitates provision of all the necessary skills and Innovative ideas as directed by in the Karnataka ShramaSamarthya Scheme for the Construction workers.A stipend of Rs 200 plus an additional expenditure allowances of Rs 200 for travelling and other expenses per day per participant is disbursed.
Freehygenic meals for the participants were arranged by Udupi Nirmithi Kendra. Six camps were organized over a period of six months starting from the first batch on 29-11-2018 for sixty members. This batch was conducted in two groups of thirty participants were trained in masonry skills.Later on date 10-01-2019 a month long workshop on carpentery skills were organized for thirty members.
Another workshop on Earthwork excavation , marking and trenching skills were organized for fifteen days from 21-02-2019 to 12-03-2019 this workshop was attended by thirty members.
This was followed by two workshops spread over thirty days in batches of thirty participants were organized from 21-02-2019 to 30-03-2019 and followed by another batch starting from 18-03-2019 to 24-04-2019 in all six camps were organized until now.
Udupi Nirmithi Kendra through all these measures has not deviated from the principal motive of this Karnataka ShramaSamarthya Scheme i.e.to give health, safety, social security for all the construction workers.