India's construction industry is worth over ₹12 lakh crore — and yet most contractors still manage their sites using notebooks, WhatsApp messages and verbal instructions. The result? Labour theft, material wastage and budget overruns that silently eat into every project's profit. Site Setu changes all of this.
The 3 Biggest Problems Every Indian Contractor Faces
Whether you're building a small residential project in Bikaner or managing multiple commercial sites across Rajasthan — these three problems are universal:
Labour Theft & Ghost Workers
Fake attendance entries, ghost workers on payroll, supervisors marking absent labourers as present — this is costing contractors lakhs every year.
Material Wastage & Theft
Cement bags, steel, bricks going missing with no accountability. No record of what came in, what was used, what's left. Every project bleeds material.
Budget Overrun
Project quoted at ₹50 lakhs, final cost ₹65 lakhs — and nobody can explain where the extra ₹15 lakhs went. No real-time budget visibility.
Add to this: no proper progress reports for clients, no vehicle/fuel tracking, no vendor payment records — and you have the perfect recipe for a project that delivers stress instead of profit.
According to construction industry surveys in India, over 70% of projects face cost overruns, and the average overrun is 20-30% over budget. Most of this is preventable with proper site management systems.
What is Site Setu?
Site Setu is a construction site management software built specifically for Indian contractors — by Apna Infotech. It replaces notebooks, WhatsApp groups and phone calls with a single digital platform that gives you complete visibility and control over your construction site.
Key things Site Setu covers:
- 👷 Labour attendance with photo verification
- 🧱 Material inward/outward tracking
- 💰 Budget vs actual expense tracking
- 🚛 Vehicle and fuel management
- 📊 Daily progress reports
- 🏢 Vendor payment management
- 📋 Work order management
- 📱 Mobile app — works on site
How Site Setu Solves Each Problem
👷 Labour Attendance — With Photo Proof
Site Setu's labour attendance system is designed to eliminate ghost workers completely. Each labourer is registered in the system with their basic details. When attendance is marked, the supervisor can add photo proof from the site.
Here's what becomes possible:
- Labourer-wise daily attendance — who came, who didn't
- Skill-wise tracking — mason, helper, welder, painter
- Daily wages auto-calculated based on attendance
- Monthly payment sheet generated automatically
- Overtime tracking and calculation
- Contractor vs direct labour — separate records
🧱 Material Tracking — Every Bag, Every Tonne
Site Setu gives you complete material accountability — from the moment a truck arrives at your site to the moment the material is used. Nothing enters or leaves without being recorded.
- Material inward entry — vendor, quantity, rate, invoice
- Material issued to work — which floor, which section
- Current stock always visible — live inventory
- Material-wise consumption report
- Wastage tracking and analysis
- Vendor-wise purchase history
- Low stock alerts — order before running out
💰 Budget Control — Real Time Visibility
The most powerful feature of Site Setu is real-time budget tracking. You set the project budget at the start — and every expense (labour, material, vehicle, miscellaneous) is tracked against it.
- Project budget setup — category wise
- Every expense recorded against the budget
- Budget vs actual dashboard — always live
- Category-wise overspend alerts
- Project-wise profit/loss report
- Client billing and payment tracking
Additional Features That Make a Difference
🚛 Vehicle & Fuel Management
Track every vehicle used on site — JCB, dumper, concrete mixer, water tanker. Record trips, fuel consumption, driver name and purpose. Fuel theft — one of the most common site problems — becomes trackable and stoppable.
📊 Daily Progress Reports
Your client wants to know what happened on site today. Site Setu generates a professional daily progress report — work done, materials used, labour deployed, issues faced. Share it via WhatsApp with your client. This builds enormous trust and reduces client complaints.
🏢 Vendor Management
All your material vendors in one place — contact details, payment history, outstanding dues. Never lose track of a vendor bill again. Know exactly how much you owe and to whom.
📋 Work Orders
Create formal work orders for subcontractors and contractors. Track what work was assigned, what's completed, payment due. Professional documentation that protects you in disputes.
Site Setu vs Traditional Site Management
| Task | Traditional Method | Site Setu |
|---|---|---|
| Labour attendance | Register (easily manipulated) | ✓ Digital + photo proof |
| Material tracking | No system | ✓ Complete inward/outward log |
| Budget tracking | Excel (updated weekly/monthly) | ✓ Real-time live dashboard |
| Fuel tracking | No tracking | ✓ Per vehicle, per trip |
| Progress report | Phone call to client | ✓ Auto-generated PDF |
| Vendor payments | Notes/memory | ✓ Complete payment history |
| Multiple sites | Impossible to track together | ✓ All sites, one dashboard |
| Profit calculation | After project ends | ✓ Live profit/loss view |
Pricing — Site Setu Plans
- Labour attendance tracking
- Material inward/outward
- Basic budget tracking
- Daily progress reports
- Single site
- Mobile app access
- Everything in Basic
- Vehicle & fuel tracking
- Vendor management
- Work order system
- Multiple sites
- Advanced reports
- Client portal access
- Priority support
"I was running 3 sites simultaneously and had absolutely no visibility into what was happening at each. Labour costs kept going over budget. With Site Setu, in the first month itself I identified that one supervisor was marking 8 extra labourers as present daily. That alone saved me over ₹80,000 in a month." — Mahendra Singh, Civil Contractor, Bikaner
Who Should Use Site Setu?
- Civil Contractors: Residential and commercial building projects
- Government Project Contractors: Road, drain, government building work
- Real Estate Developers: Managing multiple housing projects
- Interior Contractors: Office and home interior projects
- Electrical & Plumbing Contractors: Subcontractors managing labour and material
- Project Managers: Consultants managing sites on behalf of clients
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Stop losing money to labour fraud, material theft and budget overruns. Site Setu gives you the visibility and control you need to run a profitable construction business. Get a free demo today — see the software live with your own site's data.