Migrant workers at a prestigious education hub under construction in Kodangal have protested against contractor KLSR Construction, accusing the firm of failing to pay their wages on time and properly. The protest took place on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at the project site spread across Polepalli and Hakimpet villages.

The site sits in Kodangal, the home constituency of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. That detail changes how this story lands. A project that the Chief Minister is personally tracking has now become the scene of a labour revolt, and the workers say the people who run it are ignoring them.

The education hub is being built in Polepalli and Hakimpet, two villages within the Kodangal area. KLSR Construction holds the contract for the construction work. According to the workers, the company has not been paying their earnings in time, and what they are owed has not been paid properly. Roughly 150 migrant labourers, who have come to the site from other states and regions, are employed there.

The workers describe a grinding routine. They say they have been working day and night at the site for some time. Despite that, they claim the company management has not paid the wages it owes them. For workers far from home, a delayed paycheck is not an abstract accounting problem. It is food, rent and the money they send back to their families.

One of the most damaging allegations is that the workers cannot cover their everyday needs. They say they do not even have enough money for routine daily expenses. Their attempts to get answers have also failed. When they approach company representatives, they say they receive no proper response.

We have been working here day and night, but the company is not paying the wages it owes us, and we do not even have money for daily expenses.

That line, translated from the workers’ Telugu account, captures the core of the grievance. It is not a dispute over bonuses or working conditions. It is a complaint about basic survival wages, delivered by people who have already done the work.

The protest has also sent a ripple through the local area. Reports note that the treatment of labourers on the ground has created a stir locally, especially because the project is being closely followed by the Chief Minister. Construction on a flagship education facility is supposed to signal progress. Instead, it has exposed what the workers describe as a basic failure of contractor accountability on a politically sensitive site.

Why Telangana should be paying attention

This is not a distant story for Telangana. The construction is taking place in the state, in the constituency of its top elected official, and it involves public-facing education infrastructure. When a project tied to the state’s education ambitions is stalled by labour trouble, the consequences reach beyond the contractor’s books. Residents of the surrounding villages, the state’s education planners and anyone watching how government projects are executed will have questions about how this happened under such close scrutiny.

The migrant workforce is a central part of the story. Labourers from other states and regions are often the most exposed people on any construction site. They usually have limited local networks, may be paid through intermediaries, and depend on steady payments to stay afloat. The workers’ statement that they cannot afford daily expenses shows how quickly a payment delay can turn into a crisis for people with no safety net nearby.

The Chief Minister is now part of the equation

The workers have made their next step clear. They say that if they do not receive justice, they will file a complaint directly with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. That is a pointed choice of recipient. By naming the CM, the workers are not just asking the contractor to pay up. They are saying the local chain of command has failed them and they want the highest level of state leadership to intervene.

The threat also puts pressure on the government. The project is one the Chief Minister is reportedly keeping a close watch on, and the workers are making sure that everyone knows the problem is happening on his watch, in his own constituency. Whether that pressure produces payment, an inquiry or silence will be the next test.

What is still unclear

The reports available so far describe the workers’ allegations and their protest. They do not include a detailed public response from KLSR Construction, and they do not record a specific payment figure or a timeline for when the wages are due. Those gaps matter. Until the company explains the delays, the public has only the workers’ account, which is serious but one-sided.

What is clear is the pattern the workers describe: work completed, wages delayed, questions unanswered and escalation to the top. Every construction site in the state depends on contractors meeting their obligations to the people who actually build the structures. When that link breaks, the damage shows up first in the pockets and kitchens of the labourers.

The workers have chosen to make their grievance public and to name the highest office in the state as the place where they will take it next. Whether the wages get paid quickly enough to calm the site, and whether the Chief Minister’s office responds, will show whether an education project built with public attention can also protect the people building it.