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A self-taught construction worker from Nagaland’s Phek village has been encouraging school drop-outs and unemployed youth in the locality to take up jobs in the construction industry.

Savezo Venuh, who has been in the construction business for over 30 years, maintained that the demand for construction workers will continue to grow due to rapid infrastructure development and continuous construction of housing units across the country.

“Nowadays, the requirement of physical workforce for paddy cultivation is diminishing even in our area with the adoption of technology and farm mechaniza

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