50 houses under construction by Kudumbashree Groups Updated On 2018-06-14
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The Kudumbashree women are busy rewriting history by undertaking works in the construction sector. About 50 houses are under construction by Kudumbashree Groups across the state. 35 houses of LIFE Mission were identified and the construction of 19 houses had already been started. The project aims at creating women construction groups in the state who can take up the construction of houses, buildings and roads. Even though it was targeted to identify 100 units and 30 houses, a total of 140 groups were identified across the state.
On anticipating the huge shortage of labour force in the near future because of various determined Government campaigns of mass housing, it was decided to extend training to women in construction sector so as to form labour contract groups of women entrepreneurs who can take up construction of houses of poor and needy, in addition to taking up bigger projects. Training on construction activities for Kudumbashree members aims to extend skill training for women in various trades in the construction industry for enhancing the skill of the women in construction related activities such that a sustainable income is generated. It is envisaged to form one construction group in each development block and in each urban local body. Those units who would complete the work of more than 10 houses would be given Government accreditation.
The women are being given training in the various governmental schemes in the construction sector such as PMAY, Life, Asraya, Snehaveed etc. Acrredited agenicies like State Nirmithi Kendra District Nirmithi Kendra, Maithri, Habitat, Thrissur Labour Contracting Society, Pinarayi Industrial Cooperative Society, Kerala State Housing Board, Kerala State Construction Corporation, Costford, Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society, Kitco, Eksath etc are extending construction training to the identified groups in the respective districts under the leadership of the the District Mission Coordinators.