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[ad_1] The labourers had left for Tajikistan last December, a social worker said. (Representational)Hazaribag: At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said.The labourers, while interacting with family members through social media, alleged that the company engaging them in laying of power transmission lines has seized their passports, was providing them with scant food and no money at all, social worker Sikandar Ali, who brought the matter to the notice of the authorities, said.They had left for the central Asian nation on December 19 last year, after being promised handsome pay by agents of the firm operating in India, he said.The labourers ha...

[ad_1] The Supreme Court said a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labourNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there are no bonded labourers in the country and that a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labour.A bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia made the observation while hearing a petition by late social activist Swami Agnivesh on behalf of a woman worker who was allegedly raped by an associate of a brick kiln contractor in RS Pura sub-division of Jammu region."Do you know who are bonded labourers? They are not bonded. They take the money and come there and are engaged by brick kilns. They come from backward areas. They take the money and eat the money and then resign. This is a racket in the country. These labourers only take advantage of t...

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36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded In Tajikistan For 2 Months: Official

“Racket In The Country” On Pretext Of Bonded Labour: Supreme Court