bengaluru after the disruptions caused by covid19 lockdowns the slow vaccination process is adding to the worries of real estate developers who fear that a prolonged staff shortage may hit project timelines for health safety reasons many builders are calling to sites only those workers who have taken at least one dose of the vaccine the number of such workers is not big currentlythere are 25 lakh registered construction workers in karnataka with about 25 per cent employed in bengaluru according to errol fernandes the vicepresident of the confederation of real estate developers association of india credai bengaluru out of these around 1 lakh have been vaccinated besides there are thousands of unregistered labourers he addeda citybased builder said that the realty industry was facing the twin challenge of vaccine shortage and hesitancy among staff if this continues projects will be delayed by several months he addedat the allindia level credai has decided to vaccinate around 25 crore labourers working for 13000 developers across 220 cities about 250 active projects have been identified in bengaluru and a list of more than 40000 labourers has been prepared these labourers will be given jabs with the help of the government we have lists of people employed by 560 developers that are members of credai karnataka we also plan to bring more unregistered workers into the fold once the registration process is simplified if we do not get immediate support from the government on the vaccination front we will tie up with private hospitals said fernandespriyadarshi mishra founder and ceo of design and construct said that the industry was grappling with labour migration reduced supply of raw materials and project delays and faster vaccination was the only way to get things back on track we arranged vaccination drives for our employees at office locations across the country with the help of medical partners all our employees are vaccinated now mishra saidcn govindaraju chairman and managing director of vaishnavi group also said that vaccination was the only way to beat the pandemic and a speedier programme would help restore normalcy by the end of the year we decided to organise a vaccination camp for all our employees and various stakeholders in collaboration with manipal hospital group he addedprashanth reddy managing director of fundermax india is hoping for normalcy to return soon our company has encouraged vaccination by offering to reimburse the cost of jabs for construction workers and their immediate family members in other measures the office space and warehouse facility are regularly sanitised to ensure the safety of the staff he added