Shimla, Dec. 25 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to provide essential winter facilities to Casual Paid Labourers (CPLs) working under Project Deepak on strategic India-China border roads.

"All the Casual Paid Labourers are serving in one of the hardest and harshest terrains of the country, and providing items like winter jackets, winter socks, gum boots, rain coats, and winter trousers to them is not a luxury. These are necessities which the labourers are entitled to so that they can perform their duties comfortably," observed Justice Ajay Mohan Goel while hearing a petition filed by the Deepak Project Workers Union affiliated with the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).

The c...