Centre rescues 10 Indian workers stranded in Dubai |
Nine workers from Odisha and one from Bihar, who were reportedly stuck in poor working conditions in Dubai, were brought back to India on Tuesday after a video clip uploaded by them on Facebook drew the attention of the Central Government. The workers reached New Delhi and met Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi .As per the workers, they were not paid for months and their food was also rationed. “We were denied salary, proper food and even medicines by three Afghan brothers who were our supervisors at the construction site,” said 31-year-old Madan Sahoo, who hails from Odisha`s Khordha district. He added that he was promised a salary of 1,200 dirhams per month (roughly Rs 22,600). “However, I have not been paid for eight months.”Another worker, Ghuman Moharana, who hails from Nayagarh district, said, “We first went to the police in Dubai, but they refused to help. They directed us to the labour court. But four of five visits later we realised no lawyer would represent people as poor as us.”
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