District Collector Pramod Kumar Das on Wednesday asked all the Tehsildars, BDOs and the District labour Officer to conduct an inquiry and to submit a detailed report on the exact numbers of people from the district working and stranded in violence turned Iraq.
According to Sabitri Mahalik, the septuagenarian mother of ill-fated Santosh Mahalik of Sandhapalli village, who was stranded in Iraq said, “My son has telephoned me on Tuesday and told that war violence has started in the company campus where he is staying. But today I have failed to communicate with him.”
“Some of the youths, who have been working in various cities in Iraq, have resigned from their companies.
Now, they want to return to their homes as early as possible. But, as they had worked without salaries for several months, they do not have money to return to India,” said Sarita quoting his husband Santosh, adding that as many as 10-12 Odia people, including some of Kendrapada were stranded in the company premises, in which they were working.
Similarly, Meghananda Mallick and Manjulata Mallick of Nandininagar are now worried a lot.
As their only son Madanmohan Mallick is now at war zone area in Iraq.
“My son telephoned me on Wednesday and cried to bring him back.
He is now finding hard to return from Iraq,” informed Madanmohan’s mother Manjulata urging the district administration to ensure his safe return.
In last 10 months, about 20 people of Ali and Pattamundai blocks have gone to Iraq to earn a fast buck by working as plumber.