Gujaratis back from Iraq thank govt for safe return free of cost

Navsari, 18 July, 2014

“We were in worst situation and the company in which we were working was not even making arrangement of meal, but our government brought us back to our land safely and that too for free of cost,” Dhruvik Gulabbhai Patel from Bhatha village of Gandevi taluka in south Gujarat who returned from Iraq told media persons.

Dhruvik and 11 others who belong to south Gujarat, returned from Iraq through a special arrangements made by Government of India and Government of Gujarat this week.

They were brought to Delhi in Iraq airways flight. From Delhi, they were brought to Mumbai by Air India flight. Government of Gujarat had arranged a bus to carry them to their native places in south Gujarat. Not only this but the Navsari district administration has made arrangements to welcome them at Navsari.

All twelve laborers who returned from Iraq were working in diamond company ILCI at Karabla in Iraq. While eight laborers are from Navsari district of south Gujarat, four are from Valsad.

This was another batch of workers returned safely from Iraq through Government of India’s efforts.