DOHA: Indian embassy registered deaths of 79 Indians in Qatar until March this year, the mission said yesterday.
The number of total deaths of Indians registered last year was 279. The same number of deaths were registered during 2014 also.
The Labour and Community Welfare Section of the embassy received a total of 1,103 complaints from Indian workers since the beginning of this year. The number of complaints received during 2015 was 4,132.
The data were released at the monthly open house held at the embassy premises yesterday.
On the basis of requests received from Qatari authorities for travel documents for Indian expatriates in the Search and Follow Up Department, the embassy issued 16 Emergency Certificates (ECs) last month.
The embassy also issued 33 air tickets to Indian nationals in distress for their return to India during the same month.
An embassy team visited the central prison and the Search and Follow Up Department to enquire about the welfare of Indians there. Currently there are 141 Indians in the Central Prison and 190 Indians in the Search and Follow Up Department.
Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) continues to help Indian workers through various welfare measures, including provision of air tickets, financial assistance and medical help.
The assistance given by the ICBF to Indians during last month includes six air tickets for destitute workers.
Ambassador Sanjiv Arora and Deputy Chief of Mission R K Singh and other officials listened to complaints from Indian workers at the open house and assured to take their issues with the Qatari authorities concerned.
ICBF president Arvind Patil was also present.
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