NIZAMABAD: Migrants' Rights and Welfare Forum president, Kotapati Narsimham Naidu, said on Thursday that Governor Jishnu Dev Verma has agreed to discuss the issues faced by Gulf migrants with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. He mentioned that the Governor responded positively to the problems of migrant workers.
A delegation from the forum met Governor Verma at Raj Bhavan on Thursday and submitted a memorandum. After the meeting, Narsimham Naidu noted that the state government had issued GO MS No. 205, which provides Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to the families of deceased migrant workers in seven Gulf countries. He explained that unemployed youths from Telangana, particularly from the undivided Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts, had gone to 18 Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries for employment. Naidu said that if any migrant worker dies in these 18 ECR countries, the state government should declare Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for their families.
Gulf JAC vice-president Gangula Muralidhar Reddy, MRWF Sircilla district president Janagama Srinivas, MRWF Saudi Arabia unit president Kokkula Vidyasagar, Gulf workers' activist P. Tirupati Reddy, and others were present.
