Tiruchi: Embalmed in a wooden coffin, a body of a migrant labourer arrived at the international airport here a couple of days ago. Hailing from Darapuram in Tirupur district, the labourer in his mid-thirties worked in Saudi Arabia where he was alleged to have committed suicide.
The body was handed over to the receiver after thoroughly verifying documents to ascertain the genuineness and sent by an ambulance to the native place of the deceased.
Days earlier, bodies two other labourers arrived at the airport - this time too from Saudi Arabia. One of them was a 27-year-old migrant worker from Sivaganga district who went to the Arab state for job.
The three are the latest in the long list of similar phenomenon at the international airport here which has been witness to frequent arrivals of bodies of migrant workers who had gone in search of greener pastures in various overseas destinations.
On an average, 20 to 30 bodies arrive at the Tiruchi airport every month with most of them coming from the oil-rich Gulf countries, say airport sources. There have been cases of bodies of migrant labourers having arrived from South East Asian countries.
29/09/14 R Rajaram/The Hindu
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The body was handed over to the receiver after thoroughly verifying documents to ascertain the genuineness and sent by an ambulance to the native place of the deceased.
Days earlier, bodies two other labourers arrived at the airport - this time too from Saudi Arabia. One of them was a 27-year-old migrant worker from Sivaganga district who went to the Arab state for job.
The three are the latest in the long list of similar phenomenon at the international airport here which has been witness to frequent arrivals of bodies of migrant workers who had gone in search of greener pastures in various overseas destinations.
On an average, 20 to 30 bodies arrive at the Tiruchi airport every month with most of them coming from the oil-rich Gulf countries, say airport sources. There have been cases of bodies of migrant labourers having arrived from South East Asian countries.
29/09/14 R Rajaram/The Hindu
