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The Jharkhand state government said on Sunday that 11 of the 47 workers stranded in Cameroon in central Africa have been brought to the state and efforts are underway to safely repatriate the remaining workers. .
This comes after the state government filed an FIR against a Mumbai-based company and some intermediaries for allegedly non-payment of wages to 47 workers in the state stranded in the African country. It happened.
“Out of the 47 migrant workers from Jharkhand stranded in Cameroon, 11 were brought to Cameroon as per the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. All the workers were sent home by the Ministry of Labor. The rest The planned return of 36 workers has also been secured,” the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said in a statement.
Earlier this month, the Labor Commissioner had filed an FIR against the intermediary and the employer at Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Giridih police stations on instructions from Soren, who received complaints that workers had not received wages for three months. Ta.
After the government took action, the process of paying wages to the workers has started, the statement said.
“The control room team has been in continuous contact with the staff, the company and the workers through email and telephone and the outstanding amount of Rs 3,977,000 has been paid to the workers,” the statement said.
It was alleged that the employers and intermediaries sent these workers to Cameroon without registering them under the Interstate Migrant Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979 and without obtaining the necessary permits.
The workers came to the CM’s attention for not paying their wages for three months, following which the state immigration control cell contacted the workers and the employer.
The state government also asked for the workers’ contracts and wage details, among other documents.
Efforts are being made to ensure the safe return of the workers and the same has been reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the statement added.
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