16 stranded workers return from Nepal, 26 in Karnataka seek help

DUMKA: Even as 26 workers stranded in Nepal are on their way back to the district with the state government’s help, 16 other migrant labourers, stranded in Karnataka, have contacted the Dumka district administration seeking its help for their return.
Deputy commissioner Rajeshwari B said all 16 workers hailed from Masaliya block of the district.
Two days ago, 26 labourers, who were stranded in Nepal, had uploaded a video on social media requesting the district administration to facilitate their return as neither their employer nor the Nepal government is helping them. The state government promptly responded and after coordinating with authorities concerned, sent a bus to the Nepal border to bring them back. They are now on their return journey. Sources said five of them are infected.
In the latest incident, the 16 workers said they are stuck in Karnataka and were working for a private company named G K Coding since February. They were engaged in pipeline laying work in Chitradurga district of the southern state.
Sources said a labourer identified as Sanjay Murmu somehow managed to directly contact Rajeshwari for help saying they are battling there without proper food and help and that they want to return.
The DC said, “I have contacted my counterpart of the Karnataka district Kavitha S Mannikeri on Saturday. She has assured to provide all necessary relief to the labourers currently staying in Kundadhunta village under Prashantpur panchayat.”
Rajeshwari further said her counterpart also assured to provide all help for the stay of the labourers if they want to work there after the completion of the lockdown on May 30. "If they want to return, they will be sent back to Dumka by train or by any other means,” she quoted her counterpart as saying.