panaji echoing concerns of the real estate industry ports minister michael lobo urged chief minister pramod sawant to convince migrant labourers involved in construction work to stay back as their exodus could cripple economic activitieslobo along with members of the confederation of real estate developers association of india credai met the chief minister on thursday in this regard if 50 of the labour force moves out of goa then all construction activities will come to a standstill he saidthe minister also said that work on many houses is pending while builders have to complete projects so that they can handover flats to customersconstruction activities have already been delayed due to covid19 and these have to restart now for this we need carpenters masons skilled and unskilled labour to be here to complete these works we have requested sawant to send a message to the labour force that the state wants them to stay in goa and that the government is there to help them lobo saidof the 35 lakh migrant workers in the state nearly 80000 have already registered themselves with the authorities seeking permission to return homelobo said that labourers working in shacks hotels restaurants etc have no option but to proceed to their native states due to unemploymentout of 1 lakh labourers if 20000 of them leave then it will not have any impact but if 70 of them decide to go then the state will come to a standstill and economic activities will grind to a halt he said on wednesday sawant said that the state requires manpower and that the government is trying to convince the workers to stay back