Gujarat's Shree Nanaji Deshmukh Awas Yojana provides ₹1.6 lakh financial assistance to registered construction workers for EWS/LIG houses under PMAY and CMAY, managed by the GBOCWWB. Eligibility requires two years of registration and no prior property ownership.
A 37-story building in New York City, undergoing conversion to apartments, has been stabilized with temporary supports after construction workers noticed alarming signs of stress, including bending steel beams and falling bricks. Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the building is stable, though a "frozen zone" remains around the site, impacting residents, workers, and tourists.
A 37-story building in Midtown Manhattan, undergoing conversion to luxury apartments, is at the center of a "frozen zone" due to fears of partial collapse. Construction crews are working to stabilize the structure after alarming signs of stress were discovered.
Emergency repairs are underway at a Manhattan high-rise after buckled columns and sagging floors forced evacuations. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called it an "extremely serious situation" as workers shore up the unstable 1970s-era building being converted into luxury flats.
Buildher, a Nairobi-based nonprofit, trains women for skilled construction jobs, aiming to increase their participation from 3% to 10% by 2030. Graduates see significant earnings increases and improved household decision-making.
Construction workers in Lutoryz, Poland, discovered 34 buried fetuses on a property formerly owned by a 57-year-old medical pathologist, Magdalena H. She has been arrested and faces charges including desecrating corpses, with allegations she conducted experiments on the remains.
Six construction workers were killed and several vehicles plunged into the river after the cargo ship crashed into the bridge.
At least 9 tourists died after a cruise boat capsized at Bargi Dam in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Construction workers from a nearby Jaal Jeevan Mission project immediately jumped into the choppy waters, forming human chains and using ropes to rescue over a dozen passengers in the critical early minutes before professional rescuers arrived. Among the heroes was 22-year-old Ramzan from West Bengal who jumped from a 25-foot rocky ledge and saved 6 people. The state government announced Rs 51,000 cash reward for each rescuer.
