About 100 migrant skilled plumbers from Kendrapara district are stranded in the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.
On Wednesday the district Collector here came to know that they belong to Balipatana, Badamulabasant, Penthapala, Taradipal, Kasanianta, Balipada,Srirampur, Belatala, Alapua, Balipada and ward (7) of Pattamundai NAC. A majority of these migrant workers were working in Srinagar and on its outskirts.
According to official sources, these workers were staying in Elaichibag, Sivapura, Hydrapura and Safulkudal area but after the flood hit the valleys they have failed to establish any contact back home. Consequently, their apprehensive family members have urged administration to take steps for their safe return. The families said that their members used to return home during the Durga Puja time, but this year nobody knows what conditions they are in.