Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
34.Accommodation.-
(1) The employer shall provide, free of charges
and within the work site or as near to it as may be possible, temporary living
accommodation to all building workers employed by him for such period as the
building or other construction work is in progress.
(2) The temporary accommodation provided under sub-section (1) shall have
separate cooking place, bathing, washing and lavatory facilities.
(3) As soon as may be, after the building or
other construction work is over, the employer shall, at his own cost, cause
removal or demolition of the temporary structures erected by him for the purpose
of providing living accommodation, cooking place or other facilities to the
building workers as required under sub-section (1) and restore the ground in
good level and clean condition.
(4) In case an employer is given any land by a Municipal Board or any other
local authority for the local authority for the purposes of providing temporary
accommodation for the building workers under this section, he shall, as soon as
may be after the construction work is over, return the possession of such land
in the same condition in which he received the same.