The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026
Rule 150. Housing accommodation under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 92
Official text
(1) Every employer shall provide for every worker and his family residing in a plantation, rent free housing accommodation as near as possible to the place of work. It shall be open to an employer to provide such accommodation in the course of several years provided that houses shall be built at least twenty-five per cent of the resident workers every year.
(2) All housing accommodation for workers in a plantation shall have separate rooms for women employees. Effective and suitable provisions shall be made in every room for securing and maintaining adequate ventilation by the circulation of fresh air and there shall also be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable natural or artificial lighting. The rooms or other suitable alternative accommodation shall be of such dimensions so as to provide at least a floor area of ten square meters, excluding area of the kitchen and toilets, for each person making use of the room. The accommodation shall be so constructed as to afford adequate protection against heat, wind, rain and shall have smooth, hard and impervious floor surface.
(3) The housing accommodation shall be provided on dry well-drained land which, consistent with the requirements regarding distance from the plantation, has supplies of wholesome drinking water within a reasonable distance. In malarial tracts the houses shall be provided at a safe distance from the swamps and marshes and above the highest flood level.
(4) Adequate lighting arrangements shall be provided in and around the area in which housing accommodation is provided.
(5) The employer shall maintain in good condition the approach roads and paths to the area where houses are located as also the sewers and drains in that area.
(6) The employer shall not deny to the public free access to those parts of the plantation where the workers are housed.
(7) The employer shall cause the vicinity of all houses to be kept clear of refuse and excreta and the latrines and drains to be cleaned out daily and all refuse in or near them to be collected, removed and disposed of hygienically.