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Tamil Nadu builders worried lockdown will further choke construction sector The new lockdown may not restrict in-situ construction activities, but the developers are worried over the transport of construction materials from Monday. Share Via Email | A+A A- A patient is wheeled out of the Corona Outpatient Department at RGGGH in Chennai on Saturday. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick/EPS) Express News Service CHENNAI: The new lockdown may not restrict in-situ construction activities, but the developers are worried over the transport of construction materials from Monday. The closing of hardware shops will alone impact the construction activity by 50 per cent, says Builders Association of India State secretary S Rama Prabhu. ....
COVID-19: Chennai hotels fear losses as new restrictions kick in, migrant workers begin to leave Tamil Nadu Hotels Association President M Venkadasubbu told The New Indian Express that it is difficult to retain migrant workers with the new phase of restrictions announced by the state government Share Via Email | A+A A- Migrant labourers throng Central railway station due to the lockdown in Chennai on Monday (Express Photo | R Satish Babu) Express News Service CHENNAI: The new round of restrictions and the rise in the number of cases due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing migrant workers to rethink on whether to continue working or return to their home states. ....