The government is drawing up a special blueprint for the construction of centralised labour quarters (CLQ) in meeting the requirements and standards of the Emergency Ordinance (Worker’s Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities) 2021 (Act 446) that was gazetted on Feb 17.

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said among aspects to be improved in the upcoming blueprint is the use of fireproof walls as an additional security feature and making access to lockers mandatory especially for foreign workers.

He said the blueprint would be a source of reference for developer companies when...