Shimla, Dec. 26 -- In a significant legal intervention for border road workers, 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.

Presiding over a petition filed by the Deepak Project Workers Union, affiliated with the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Justice Ajay Mohan Goel observed that winter gear for these workers is a fundamental requirement rather than a privilege.

"All the Casual Paid Labourers are serving in one of the most hard and harsh terrain of the country and providing items like winter jackets, winter socks, gum boots, raincoats, and winter t...