Workers stuck in Bahrain, seek Telangana help to return home

HYDERABAD: A group of 36 workers from Telangana have appealed to the state government to help them return home from Bahrain. The workers said they were stuck in Bahrain without employment, proper accommodation and food.
They said though they were desperate to return to India, they did not get a chance to fly in the evacuation flights under Vande Bharat mission that were being operated by the government of India.The workers made public a list of their names and also included the name of another worker form Andhra Pradesh who was also suffering on account of Covid-19 pandemic.
The workers said they had no work for the last three months and did not get wages also. They said their families at home were also suffering as they were not able to send money.
Meanwhile, Telangana workers in various Gulf countries began a movement to demand additional flights to be operated to bring them back home. They pointed out that several flights had been operated to Kerala because of the interest taken by state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. They urged the Telangana government also to prevail upon the Centre to operate more flights to Hyderabad from the Gulf countries and also bear their travel expenditure.