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Ranchi, July 24 (HS). On the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and the prompt initiative of the Department of Labor, Employment, Training and Skill Development, 27 workers of Jharkhand working in Vinayak Construction, Face Gendarmerie, Apress Auditorium and Jean Paul to Mabanklo Company in Yaounde, Cameroon, South Africa, returned home safely on Wednesday morning.
Minister Satyanand Bhokta, Minister Baidyanath Ram, Minister Baby Devi, MLA Kalpana Soren and MLA Sudivya Kumar Sonu welcomed the workers on their arrival at Giridih. Along with this, all the workers were given immediate financial assistance of Rs 25,000 each. He talked to the workers and understood their entire plight. Chief Minister Hemant Soren also communicated with the workers through mobile and assured them of all possible support and help from the state government. The workers expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for the initiative of the state government to return home from South Africa in difficult circumstances.
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Out of the 27 workers stranded in South Africa, 18 are from Bokaro, 4 from Giridih and 5 from Hazaribagh. All these workers were working there since March 29 this year. On July 16, they had expressed their wish to return to India and that their wages were pending for four months on X Handle. On receiving this information, the Chief Minister directed the Labour, Employment, Training and Skill Development Department to take necessary initiatives. Along with this, a letter was sent to POE, Ranchi by the Secretary, Labour Department to take cognizance of the matter. Through the letter, the workers were asked to take initiatives for their pending wages and their safe return to Jharkhand.
The workers returned on the initiative of the state government
The State Migrant Control Room working under the Labour Department contacted the L&T company and directed it to pay the outstanding wages of the workers as soon as possible. In this regard, the Kolkata Head Office was contacted and Cameroon, South Africa were again informed about the matter. After this initiative of the state government, the L&T company paid Rs 30 lakh to all 27 workers on July 17 as three months' outstanding wages. The workers informed the state government about receiving the outstanding wages through video. The company also arranged air tickets to send the workers back to India. After this, on January 21, all the workers flew from there to India and reached Mumbai on July 22. Then they came to Parasnath station in Jharkhand by train on Wednesday morning.