As many as 204 migrant labourers, who were rescued from a brick kiln in Bengaluru, reached the Titilagarh railway station in Balangir district by a train on Saturday night.
According to reports, all of them had migrated to Bengaluru for working at the brick kiln in October last year. However, the employer allegedly did not treat them properly and they were residing at an unhygienic place.
As the matter came to the notice of Karnataka Labour Department officials, they apprised their Odisha counterparts about it. Then, the Odisha Labour Department initiated efforts to rescue the migrant workers and bring them back. The labourers hail from Subarnapur, Balangir, Nuapada, Bargarh and Boudh districts.
The rescued labourers would be sent to their respective villages and rehabilitated, an official of the Labour Department said.