Monday, February 02, 2015

Harrowing tales of Indians in Saudi Arabia...

The weather was incredibly cold. The fingers shivered while the legs trembled. Soon the wind began to blow, only to be worsened by rain within moments. The house was almost roofless. The middle part of the ceiling was considerably broken that let wind and water come directly into the room without a stop.

Mahtab, Shamshad, Anil, and a number of other Indian immigrants had to go through this ordeal ceaselessly almost every day. They complained against the impoverished conditions of lodging to the concerned authorities but their plea fell to deaf ears.

A number of times they tried to escape the tragedy but each attempt resulted into further brutality by the employers. They cried and wept but the anguish of pain could not be heard as they were staying far away...thousands of kilometers from their homeland.

The incident came to light through social media - that a group of nearly forty unskilled workers from the state of Bihar were trapped in a construction company in Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia.

The frustrated labourers had recorded their ordeal with one of their friend's mobile, and secretly smuggled the content out...only to be circulated through various social networks. They sobbed: "Please help us out of this hell. We are trapped in Saudi Arabia. We are treated worse than animals...not to be allowed to go out of the huge construction complex in Al-Jubail". They wailed: "Our passports are seized by the company and we are made to work like a donkey for sixteen hours". Full story...

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