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Upzy House Opens Hyderabad Facility for Gig Workers
Upzy House is a place in Hyderabad where delivery riders and other platform workers can take a break.
It has clean toilets, seats, charging points and meals.
Workers can also speak to a doctor for free during set hours.
The centre is open every day, and workers pay for a weekly or monthly membership.
A private lounge is available for women workers.
A survey found many workers spend long hours on the road and have trouble finding suitable toilets.
Upzy says it hopes to open more centres in Hyderabad.
A union leader suggested the government could help maintain public facilities for workers.
Upzy House, a membership-based facility for gig and platform workers, opened in Kondapur, Hyderabad.
Labour Minister Gaddam Vivekanand inaugurated the centre, which operates daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Amenities include meals, clean washrooms, air-conditioned seating, charging facilities and free doctor consultations.
A survey of 4,163 workers found 68% spend over 10 hours a day on the road, while 90% rely on roadside locations or inconvenient public toilets.
Membership costs Rs 99 weekly or Rs 349 monthly; the centre also offers a private lounge for women workers.
- Who
- Upzy opened the facility for gig and platform workers; Labour Minister Gaddam Vivekanand inaugurated it.
- What
- A membership-based worker centre offering meals, rest facilities, washrooms and medical consultations opened.
- Where
- High-Tension Line Road, Kondapur, Hyderabad.
- When
- It was inaugurated on Friday; the centre is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Why
- To provide workers with basic amenities, including clean toilets, food, seating and a safe place to rest.
Worker facility and public support
Funding and implementation
How to sustain worker amenities
Worker facility and public support
Upzy says it plans to establish more centres across Hyderabad, and Minister Vivekanand said facilities supporting workers’ dignity are valuable.
Funding and implementation
Union leader Shaik Salauddin called for government collaboration and suggested using Gig Worker Welfare Board cess funds to maintain public worker facilities.
Key facts
- Facility
- Upzy House
- Opening hours
- Daily, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Membership
- Rs 99 per week or Rs 349 per month
- Survey size
- 4,163 gig workers in Kondapur and surrounding dark-store clusters
- Survey finding
- 68% said they spend more than 10 hours a day on the road
- Survey finding
- 90% said they rely on roadside locations or inconvenient public toilets
- Doctor consultations
- Free, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sources
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