Date:06/05/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/05/06/stories/2005050618610300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Contractors to provide maids at apartments

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Minister of State for Labour and Wakf, Tanveer Sait, on Thursday said the Government would soon nominate contractors to provide domestic help to residents of apartments with more than 50 flats.

He was speaking at a function organised by the Karnataka Domestic Workers Movement, the Mahila Pragati Kendra and Navodini to mark the Domestic Workers Day.

The Minister said he had held several meetings with residents' associations of apartments with more than 50 flats. "We will nominate a contractor for each of the apartment complex," the Minister said.