Jharkhand Workers Stuck

The Jharkhand government has written to the Indian embassy in Tajikistan, requesting it to expedite the safe return of migrant labourers from the state, who have been stranded in the central Asian country for the last several months.

Twenty-six Jharkhand migrant workers stuck in Nepal due to COVID-induced lockdown there on Saturday reached India-Nepal border and boarded a bus for their home in Dumka, a top official said.

The Jharkhand government has written to the Indian embassy in Tajikistan, requesting it to expedite the safe return of migrant labourers from the state, who have been stranded in the central Asian country for the last several months.

Twenty-six Jharkhand migrant workers stuck in Nepal due to COVID-induced lockdown there on Saturday reached India-Nepal border and boarded a bus for their home in Dumka, a top official said.