Hyderabad, Jan. 7 -- Old City's traditional "labour addas" - the once-bustling congregation points for construction workers -are thriving again after years of stagnation, thanks to steady work generated by the ongoing Hyderabad Metro Rail construction and property owners' projects.

Labour gathering points at Dabeerpura Darwaza, Yakutpura Bada Bazaar, Hari Bowli, Lal Darwaza and Chandrayangutta are seeing workers come back from areas like Bandlaguda, Shaheennagar, Vattepally and Kishanbagh, where they had moved due to lack of work in the Old City.

Veeriah, a mason in his late 40s, said he had stopped coming to the Hari Bowli labour adda seven years ago. "I was not getting regular work, so I moved away to a different place. The Metro rail...