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Abstract
Construction sector falls under unorganized sector of an economy. Unorganized laborers refer to those workers who have not been able to organize themselves in pursuit of their common interest owing to certain constraints like casual and uncertain nature of employment, ignorance and illiteracy, small and scattered size of establishment etc.The work force in construction sector is most vulnerable because employment is permanently temporary, the employer and employee relationship is very fragile and most of the time short-lived, the work has inherent risk to life and limb due to lack of safety, health and welfare facilities, coupled with uncertain working hours. The construction workers usually belong to poor socioeconomic strata and thus lack the basic amenities. This paper aims to bring to light the different health problems among workers working in the building construction industry in Madurai District. The study found that the health status of constructional workers in Madurai is fair from the information collected with interview schedule. To maintain the health status, the pocket out expenditure is Rs350 on an average per person per month while a zero priced health service is available in rural and urban India. The working hours of health care service providers and drugs availability is needs to take care by state and central authorities. Labourer needs to be organized for representing their issues legally.