PTI."What has happened after the first wave (of COVID-19) is that much of the labourers went back to their villages and towns.
With huge efforts, I can talk about Larsen & Toubro, we brought many of them back," company's CEO and managing director S N Subrahmanyan told PTI.The company said it has been able to retain almost 70% of its 2,45,000 contract labourers at its various project sites on account of medical care facilities and other support measures during the pandemic.During the first wave of the pandemic last year, the company had witnessed a similar situation when labourers went back to their villages after the government imposed the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Explaining the present situation, the L&T MD said that.