Migrant worker dies in T'gana, villagers pool ₹42K to get body back

FOR migrant labourers from Western Odisha, Balangir in particular, there is no end to the cycle of poverty, harassment and suffering despite the presence of laws to safeguard them.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar/Balangir

One such incident has come to fore at Ambapali under Saintala block of Balangir district where the entire village came together to bring the body of a co-villager back from Secunderabad, Telangana, where he had gone to work.

Kishor Majhi of the village had gone to Secunderabad with his wife and seven-year-old daughter a fortnight back to work at an egg factory. While the couple was provided work at the factory, Kishor complained of illness after a few days. Although the employer admitted him to the local hospital, he succumbed four days back.