By the efforts of India National Building Construction Workers Federation president and INTUC Odisha Branch chief Dr Rama Chandra Khuntia, as many as 168 Odia labourers have returned from Doha Qatar to the State.
Khuntia wrote to the External Affair Ministry, the labour Ministry and the Indian Embassy at Qatar regarding safe return of the workers. Then BWI representative Prince Burma met all Odia labourers. Thereafter, with the help of BWI and INBCWF and the Cooperate of Indian Embassy and Qatar Infrastructure Supreme Authority, all 168 Odia labourers were rescued and came back to Odisha.
Khuntia, a former MP, thanked all concerned, including the Building and Wood Workers International, for their cooperation.
In another case, 47 Odia migrants, who were confined by the brick kiln contractor Sina Thapa at lakur in Karnataka’s Kollar district for two years, have also returned home.
Khuntia had talked with the labour Minister, the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary Subas Khuntia, who is an Odia, of Karnataka. On direction of the Chief Secretary, Kollar district Collector with the help of local police rescued the Odia labourers from the contractor’s camp.Khuntia thanked all of them for safe return of Odia lahourers.