Full-fledged Construction Yet to Start in Delhi-NCR

Though the government has allowed the resumption of construction activities at non-COVID hotspots of the district, developers say nothing has actually moved on the ground as only about 30 projects have managed to commence work and that too with a thin labour force. In the 250 real estate projects in progress in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway areas, developers say that full-fledged construction can’t start before the Delhi borders reopen to let trucks in with raw materials move. “Each project is currently moving with one-third capacity, there would be around 10,000 labourers actively engaged in the city. Noida-Greater Noida real estate projects absorb around 3 lakh construction workers when operations are in full swing. Now they are just managing with whatever they have. Moreover, not all projects have onsite workers, so those which had, began work. All the projects have been asked to follow social distancing norms with mandatory wearing of masks,” said RK Arora, president of National Real Estate Development Council (Naredco)-UP.