44 stranded state workers reach Del from Tajikistan

A group of 44 laborers from Jharkhand who were stranded in Tajikistan arrived in Delhi on Monday afternoon. The laborers, from the Bokaro and Hazaribagh districts, had flown out of Dushanbe International Airport on Soman Air. They expressed their gratitude to the Centre and the state government for helping them return home a week ago. A social worker, Sikandar Ali, had raised the issue of the laborers' return with the state government. The state migrant cell then became active. All of the laborers in Tajikistan were taken to the Indian Embassy and their outstanding wages were paid among the returning laborers were Santosh Mahto of Adwara in Bagodar Block of Giridih, Lutyano of Saria Block, Tejo Mahto and Dashrath Mahto of Chichaki.