Karnal, Dec. 30 -- Haryana labour minister Anil Vij on Monday urged chief minister Nayab Singh Saini to order an investigation into an alleged scam amounting to Rs.1,500 crore after anomalies pertaining to the "fake registration of construction workers" eyeing benefits of various government schemes have come to the fore. Sharing details, Vij said that he recently chaired a meeting of the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, during which irregularities were found not only in the appointment of Board members but also in the distribution of benefits under welfare schemes meant for construction workers. Following this, he ordered an immediate inquiry. The minister said that the initial investigations were conducted in Hisar, Kaithal, Jind, Sirsa, Faridabad and Bhiwani districts, where large-scale irregularities were detected. "Subsequently, instructions were issued to deputy commissioners of all districts to constitute district-level committees comprising a labour department officer along with three other officers. These committees are carrying out physical verification of online work slips issued between August 2023 and March 2025. The verification process began around four months ago, and 100% verification has been completed in 13 districts so far," he added. Vij further informed that in the 13 districts-Karnal, Rewari, Nuh (Mewat), Mahendragarh, Gurugram, Jhajjar, Palwal, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonepat, Panchkula, Sirsa and Kaithal-a total of 5,99,758 work slips were issued. Of these, he said that only 53,249 were found to be valid, while 5,46,509 were declared invalid....