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78 Telugu workers from war-torn Iraq land in Hyd
78 Telugu Workers From War-Torn Iraq Land in Hyderabad. A group of 78 Telugu workers, who were stranded in the war ravaged Iraq for the past few days, landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Saturday afternoon in a special Air India flight.
Hyderabad: A group of 78 Telugu workers, who were stranded in the war ravaged Iraq for the past few days, landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Saturday afternoon in a special Air India flight.
According to Air India officials, of the total passengers who disembarked in Hyderabad, four belong to Chennai.
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“We would not have come back had the Indian government not intervened timely. We are glad that we are alive and back,” Arelli Anjaiah from Karimnagar District of Telangana, who had gone to Iraq four months ago to work in a soft drinks manufacturing unit, told reporters.
He said he had paid Rs 1.5 lakh to an agent who promised him a job in the soft drinks company with Rs 35,000 salary. “I took loan to pay the agent. We were not even paid salary for the past two months in Iraq.
I came back empty handed from the war-hit country and face an uncertain future,” he said.
According to Anjaiah, 73 others, who landed here on Saturday with him, also worked with him in the same soft drinks unit. According to another passenger, around 40 to 50 people, mostly from Telangana, were still waiting for help. Narrating his experiences in the strife-torn country, Uppu Prasad, a native of Adilabad district in Telangana said, “It was a war-like situation in Iraq. We used to hear gun fire sounds even outside our company premises. We did not have enough food for the past few days and there was no cook also. After going through these ordeals, we no longer wanted to stay there.
According to the victims, they had taken a loan at higher rates to pay the agent and are at a loss to know how to repay the loans. The workers returned by special flights organised by the Union government to evacuate the workers and nurses from Iraq. The nurses working in Iraq return to Kochi on Saturday. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao urged Centre to ensure that the workers return to the State safely. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also made a similar plea to the Centre.
