Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the `Shramik Basera Yojna` to provide temporary accommodation to nearly 15,000 construction workers at a nominal rate of Rs 5 per day on Thursday.

According to an official release, the CM performed the bhoomi poojan ceremony of 17 dwelling structures to house the labourers in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Rajkot cities in the first phase.