Bhubaneswar, Odisha government has written to the Center urging the authorities concerned to take immediate steps for the safe return of six stranded Odia workers from Thailand.
The six workers, said to be working at a plywood company in Thailand, “are facing severe difficulties as they have not received their salaries for the past three months,” Delhi-based Principal Commissioner Vishal Jagan said in a letter to the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday.
He said the Odia workers went to the Southeast Asian country through an agent from Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.
The workers appealed on social media for their rescue and safe return from Thailand to their original places in Kendrapara and Bhadrak districts of Odisha, the Chief Resident Commissioner said.
Sharing the passport details of the six stranded workers, he wrote: “In view of the grave nature of the plight of the workers, urgent action is requested for disbursement of wages to the migrant workers as per their due entitlements and urgent rescue and safe return of six migrant workers from Thailand to their native place in Odisha.”
BJD president and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, expressed deep concern over the plight of the workers and sought intervention of MEA and Chief Minister Mohan Sharan Majhi for their safe return.
Patnaik wrote on
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