Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 21: It is learnt that a woman from Vamanjoor here, who had opted to work in Saudi Arabia because of the need to support her ailing husband and finance her son's education, had to go through gruelling ordeal at her workplace. After SDPI's Dakshina Kannada district unit came to know about her problems and intervened in the matter through a youth organization in Saudi, the lady could be found out and help could be extended to her.
The woman who went through unexpected miseries happens to be Vijaya (43), wife of Balappa Balakrishna (55), residing in second block, Kelarai Kody, Vamajoor. She was held under house arrest at Dammam, Saudi Arabia. As such, she could neither contact her family back home, nor could she return to India since the last several months. Her husband and son, Jagjivan, who is a first PU student, are awaiting her arrival back home now.
Vijaya was compelled to shoulder the responsibility of running her family. In view of financial needs of the family, she had left to work as housemaid in Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2015. She had got this job through an acquaintance based in Bajpe. Initially, Vijaya could be contacted on phone, but thereafter her calls became very rare. After working for two years, Vijaya wanted to return home because of the gravity of her husband's health condition, but her sponsors at Saudi Arabia did not accede to her request, nor did they allow her to use cellphone. Therefore, Balakrishna and her son were under stress, having been unable to know about the well-being of Vijaya.
Balakrishna had narrated about the situation to some people, through whom the matter reached Riaz Farangipet, an activist of SDPI. He passed on this information to a group of young men from coastal Karnataka based in Saudi Arabia. Thereafter, Indian Social Forum, which has been turning into a Saviour for non-resident Indians from Karnataka in that country, brought the issue to the notice of Indian embassy there. The organization, which could find out the whereabouts of Vijaya, also registered a complaint in the labour court there.
Riyaz has already sent the necessary documents to the organization, and the organization activists have expressed the confidence that the woman would be able to return home soon.
A SDPI delegation led by Dakshina Kannada district unit general secretary, A M Athaulla, met Balakrishna at his home on Monday November 20.The delegation comprising Noorulla Kulai, Nasir Ulaibettu, Iqbal Vamanjoor, Saleem Guruvayanakere of Indian Social Forum and Niyaz Addur accompanied Athaulla during the visit.