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17 workers from Jharkhand trapped in Cameroon return home after MEA intervention

August 25, 2025

Ranchi, Aug 25

Seventeen migrant workers from Jharkhand, who had been stranded in Africa's Cameroon for the past several months, returned home safely on Monday following the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The workers, belonging to Bokaro and Hazaribagh districts, were among 19 people who had travelled to the West African nation through a private agency to work with Transrail Lighting Limited, a company engaged in electricity transmission projects.

However, after reaching Cameroon, they alleged that the company withheld their wages for four months, pushing them into severe financial distress. With no money to buy food or other essentials, their condition deteriorated.

In a desperate plea, the workers had recorded a video message and circulated it on social media, appealing to both the Central and the Jharkhand governments for help.

The Jharkhand Labour Department took cognisance of the matter and formally alerted the MEA, requesting urgent intervention.

 

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