A day after The Indian Categorical reported on the deaths of Indian migrant employees in Qatar whereas engaged on initiatives or in jobs linked to the soccer World Cup, the Centre and the Telangana authorities have stepped in to guarantee assist to their subsequent of kin.
Minister of State for Exterior Affairs V Muraleedharan stated Friday that he has requested the Indian Embassy in Doha to assist the bereaved households safe compensation from the Qatari employers concerned. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Residence Minister of Telangana the place a number of of those households are based mostly, stated the state is wanting into the report so {that a} compensation bundle may be determined, together with a authorities job for a member of the family if relevant.
“I’ve spoken to the Indian Ambassador in Doha. All of the required help will likely be supplied by the Embassy for the households… The Embassy will likely be offering all help for the households to method the employers for compensation,” Muraleedharan advised The Indian Categorical.
The MoS stated he has made phone calls on this regard. Sources stated the Ministry will resolve on additional steps after receiving a response from the employers in Qatar.
The Telangana Residence Minister advised The Indian Categorical that an official assembly will likely be held on the difficulty. “We’ll give authorities jobs to a member of the family. We’re additionally contemplating monetary assist for the households after learning the scenario. Hundreds of employees are within the Gulf, and we’ll take all this into consideration, and resolve on a bundle,’’ Ali stated.
Telangana Minister for Labour, Employment and Factories, C Malla Reddy, stated his division can be investigating the report of “deaths of employees from Telangana in Qatar”.
On Thursday, The Indian Categorical reported that the households of the employees, from Punjab to Bihar and Telangana, have been left within the lurch with a standard grievance: no compensation from employers of the employees who died there.
The newspaper tracked down these households over eight months by investigating official information, interviewing job brokers, migrant welfare activists and native officers throughout the nation, and submitting Proper to Info purposes. It additionally spoke to 9 of those households, assembly six of them at their properties throughout Telangana.
Responding to queries from The Indian Categorical, the Supreme Committee for Supply and Legacy, the Qatari organisation accountable for delivering World Cup, had acknowledged {that a} complete of 40 migrant employees from the world over misplaced their lives in Qatar after the nation was awarded the World Cup in 2010 — and labeled three as work-related.
The Committee claimed there have been “important enhancements” within the welfare of employees for the World Cup, which begins on November 20, however stated there may be “room for enchancment”.
“We acknowledge that there stays an extended journey forward, and we’re dedicated — with our companions in Qatar and past — to making sure that we proceed to ship the legacy we promised. A legacy that improves lives and lays the inspiration for truthful, sustainable, and lasting labour reforms,” it stated.
On Friday, Telangana Minister Ali stated that the state’s Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao “has advised us to determine the victims and hint their households and supply assist and assist”.