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Eleven migrant workers from 3 districts of Jharkhand — Giridih, Hazaribagh and Bokaro — stranded in Dubai allegedly owed to unpaid wages returned to their autochthonal places connected Thursday (February 13, 2026). However, 3 wished to enactment back.
Social activistic Sikandar Ali, who works for the payment of migrant workers, was contiguous astatine Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, to person them connected February 11.
From Kolkata they returned to their respective districts connected February 12 portion travelling by train. The workers expressed their gratitude to the State Government, the Central Government, the media, and Mr. Ali for their harmless return.
Those who returned from Dubai see Rajesh Mahato and Ajay Kumar Mahato from Giridih, Daleshwar Mahato from Bokaro and Jageshwar Mahato, Baijnath Mahato, Dilip Mahato, Gangadhar Mahato, Triloki Mahato, Deepak Kumar, Rohit Mahato and Seva Mahato from Hazaribagh.
Roshan Kumar and Ajay Kumar of Giridih territory and Falendra Mahato from Hazaribagh chose to enactment back.
All the workers are employed by EMC Electromechanical Co. LLC successful Dubai and are engaged successful transmission enactment work. Following the wage issue, they had reportedly stopped working.
Shikha Lakra, caput of the State Migrant Workers Control Room nether the Labour Department, said, “We contacted Ministry of External Affairs and the Consulate General of India successful Dubai. Through Consulate, institution typical were called successful Consulate bureau and everything was discussed arsenic per the agreement.”
She further said, “As per the agreement, the workers were expected to service a three-month announcement play but the institution agreed connected 1 month. In the 2nd clause it was mentioned that their declaration was for the play of 2 years. Company paid the visa charges, which were astir 5000 dirhams per idiosyncratic and besides carnivore the expenses of proscription to Abu Dhabi. However, the workers had to wage the expenses of an aerial summons to India.”
The workers were besides called astatine the labour section bureau successful Dubai and finally, they reached the statement that for those who privation to spell back, the institution volition wage the visa charges and those who privation to enactment volition proceed moving determination connected the aforesaid agreement. Through a connecting formation from Bengaluru, they arrived astatine Kolkata airport.
They each went to Dubai successful the archetypal week of October 2025. A Hazaribagh-based agent, Ghanshyam Mahato, who had earlier worked successful the aforesaid institution for 16 years, had facilitated the recruitment.
According to Ms. Lakra, it was the fastest instrumentality of the migrant worker, which was completed successful little than 2 weeks. Earlier the workers had complained that they were forced to enactment overtime and were facing problems with respect to accommodation and nutrient arsenic well.
The stranded workers had sent a video connected February 2 to Mr. Ali, who aboriginal shared that video connected societal media, appealing to the Jharkhand Government to widen assistance for their return, arsenic their passports were seized by the company.
While speaking to The Hindu implicit the phone, Ajay Kumar Mahato said had they had amended earning opportunities disposable successful their ain state, they would not request to spell to different places.
Mr. Ali said, “The Jharkhand and Central governments person actively facilitated the instrumentality of each workers. Many specified incidents occur, which are highly painful. Despite their reluctance, radical are forced to permission their homes to gain a livelihood. The authorities needs to instrumentality factual steps successful this direction.”
