The Hindu : Indian workers face hardship in Riyadh

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Friday, Jan 17, 2003

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Indian workers face hardship in Riyadh

Dubai Jan 16. Scores of Indian workers at an engineering firm in Riyadh have been living in extreme conditions, as they have not been paid salaries for the past seven months, and their visas have expired.

The workers at the Omar A Bin Basher and Partners Company cannot return home as their passports are still in the possession of the the Saudi Arabian sponsor who has gone underground.

Water and electricity have been cut off at the workers' accommodation and their landlord is threatening to evict them. They have no money. Although the Labour Court ruled in favour of the workers, most of them Indians, two months ago, the judgment could not be implemented because of the sponsor's absence.

— UNI

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