(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Indian embassy received a total of 66 complaints during 2017 at the monthly Community House sessions to address urgent consular and labour issues/cases of Indian nationals in Qatar, it was announced in a statement yesterday.
Of these, 56 have been wholly solved to the satisfaction of the complainants and their employers. The embassy is handling the remaining complaints and they are expected to be resolved in the coming days. Since January 2017, the embassy hosted 12 community house sessions.
The grievances brought to the notice of the embassy mainly related to issues of delayed payment of wages and violations of contract terms and conditions.
While listening to the complainants at the session held on December 28, ambassador P Kumaran, third secretary (labour and community welfare), M Aleem and other officials discussed their problems in detail and assured them of the embassy's active follow-up of their cases with the authorities concerned in the government.
It was informed at the meeting that an embassy team visited the Central Prison and Deportation Centre last week for inquiring about the welfare of detainees from India. The total number of Indian nationals in the Central Prison and the Deportation Centre currently is 196 and 82, respectively.
The embassy issued 64 emergency certificates in December to the Indian nationals seeking repatriation. The mission also gave 19 air tickets to needy Indian nationals for their return to India last month.
Also during December, the embassy also organised five consular camps at Salwa, Mesaieed, Al Khor and Dukhan/Zikreet and Al Shamal areas and rendered 154 consular services to the Indian nationals.
Devis Edakulathur, and Mahesh Gowda, president and general secretary, respectively of the Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), along with some other members of the management committee also participated in the Community House.
The ICBF helped Indian workers through various welfare measures, including supply of foodstuffs, transport support, medical assistance and other minor assistance. During December, the forum helped 37 Indian nationals in distress.
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