Noticing that children of construction workers were more vulnerable to dog bites, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to make it mandatory for builders and developers to arrange a crèche facility.
The GHMC Commissioner, Amrapali Kata, on Thursday issued instructions to the Town Planning wing to impose the condition in Building Permit order issued to an applicant that “The Owner / Builder / Developer shall make availability of crèche facility in every establishment having fifty or more employees as per the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 to avoid the dog bite incidents near the construction sites.”
According to a statement, on examining the past few dog bite incidents it was noticed that the children of the construction workers were most vulnerable to the dog bites since both parents of the child go for work leaving alone the child in the tent / temporary shelter.