For over a week Ebola virus has been spreading like wildfire. The Jharkandi workers in Congo are in severe trouble as their bid to come back home is not getting any heed by the company in which they are working. It is a story of 12 Jharkhandis who belong to Hazaribagh and Giridih districts, presently strangled at African country Republic of Congo.
When the condition of one of their colleagues started deteriorating due to Ebola virus, the Jharkhandi workers requested the company manager to arrange for his better treatment and a return ticket to India. The company manager neither arranged better treatment nor arranged return ticket. So they have decided to go on fast unto death from Thursday onwards.
JVM leader Chandranath Bhai Patel on Wednesday met the officials of district administration and requested to help them and on Thursday, Patel will visit Ranchi to request the State officials. Talking with The Pioneer, Chandranath Bhai Patel said that on Tuesday, the family members of Vinod Mahto, Parmeshwar Rajwar and Rewalal Rajwar of village Kargalo, Vishnugarh, came to his residence and told the entire story.
last year in the month of November Ms. Kalptaru Transmission line Company recruited 12 technicians from both Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts to work in their ongoing project at Republic of Congo, Africa. The company promised to give them Rs 22,000 per month as salary and air ticket from India to Congo and return ticket once in a year. They have been working in Congo for the past 8-9 months, said Patel.
After attack of Ebola virus, the company only gave preliminary treatment and after that the Indian patients have been spending their own money to get treated. When they realised that the treatment is costly, they requested the company to provide them return ticket but on Tuesday, the company manager flatly refused it and said asked them to go back on their own.
The air fare from Congo to India is about Rs. 55,000 for a person and they are not in a position to purchase the ticket. The Jharkhand workers have also contacted with Chatru Mahto, an engineer posted at Kanpur. Chatru Mahto has started contacting with the officials of Central Government. Chadranath Bhai Patel who talked with Chatru Mahto on Wednesday said that engineer Mahto has also requested him to bring the matter in cognizance of both district and State administration so that the strangled poor villagers of Jharkhand can be brought back to India.