Indian embassy held four consular camps this month

The Indian embassyheld four consular camps this month for residents of Salwa, Mesaieed,Al Khor, and Dukhan/Zikreet areas, the monthly community house wasinformed last week.Twenty-nine consular services were rendered at the sittings held in the four places.Themonthly session was held at the embassy on October 26 to address urgentconsular and labour issues/cases experienced by Indian expatriates inQatar.Some of the grievances brought to the attention of the embassyrelated to issues of delayed payment of wages and violations ofcontract terms and conditions.Besides Indian ambassador P Kumaran,third secretary (Labour and Community Welfare) M Aleem and otherofficials met the complainants, discussed their problems in detail andassured them of the embassy’s active follow up of their cases with therelevant authorities.The house was informed that an embassy teamvisited the Central Prison and Deportation Centre to inquire about thewelfare of detainees from India.The total number of Indian nationals in the Central Prison and the Deportation Centre currently is 215 and 77, respectively.Since the start of the year, 10 community house sessions have been held, including the latest session.A total of 52 complaints were received during these sessions.Out of these, 40 complaints have been resolved, while the remainder (12) are under the active follow-up by the embassy.The embassy has issued 31 Emergency Certificates this month to Indian nationals for their repatriation.The mission also issued 18 air tickets to Indian nationals for their return home this month.IndianCommunity Benevolent Forum (ICBF) president Davis Edakulathur,vice-president P N Baburajan, and members of the organisation’s managingcommittee were also present.The ICBF supports the efforts of theembassy and helps Indian workers through various welfare measures,including the supply of foodstuff, transport support, and medicalassistance.The ICBF organised a programme under the “cleanliness isservice” campaign to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary onOctober 2.Around 100 workers took part in the event.