LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, May 26: A total of 22 workers hailing from Giridih, Hazaribagh and Bokaro who were stranded in Malaysia have safely returned to Jharkhand on Thursday. The State Migrant Control Room and the High Commission of India, Malaysia are in constant touch with the company’s management for the safe return of the remaining eight workers.
A month ago, 10 workers had returned to Jharkhand. On March 14, the State Migrant Control Room was informed by the Embassy of India, Malaysia that 10 out of 30 workers were given tickets by the company, but all 10 workers were found to be covid positive, due to which their return was postponed.
On March 25, all the workers were brought safely from Benton and Lunas to the shelter home at Kuala Lumpur of the Indian High Commission, Malaysia. Thereafter, on May 25 and 26, around 10 workers returned to Jharkhand.
Taking cognizance of this incident, the State Migrant Control Room started working towards their safe return. In the due course of action, it was known that the workers had been working as Lineman in Lead Engineering & Construction SDN BHD since January 2019.
The contract of all these workers expired in September 2021 and from October 2021 to January 2022, they worked without a contract for 4 months, for which they had not received the payment.
The State Migrant Control Room had asked the workers to share documents related to the case. The High Commission of India, Malaysia was requested by the Department of Labour through mail to take cognizance of the incident.
The Malaysian Police verified the incident and made an inquiry with the company thereby directing them to resolve the problem. After this, the owner of the company demanded some time for clearing the dues of workers and for arranging tickets for them.
The High Commission of India, Malaysia ordered the company to clear all dues of the workers as soon as possible. It also ordered the company to make necessary arrangements for their transit to Kuala Lumpur, to get their return tickets done within 15 days and to provide them with food.
The company has made payment of due salary to everyone. The Embassy of India, Malaysia continuously pressurized the company to make payments of the outstanding wages of all the workers.
