SAUDI ARABIA: A total of 87 Nepali migrant workers in Saudi Arabia were left high and dry as they were not given works and facilities as per the prior agreement.

The workers, who had arrived here four months ago via the Kupandole-based ACE Employment Bureau Pvt. Ltd, have been stranded here without work.

Victims said that the employer company threatened them when they complained of not getting facilities according to the agreement.

Although the manpower company had sent them to Saudi Arabia by luring with higher-income jobs in a juice company, they have now become jobless. They have now reached to a point where they face problems regarding food and accommodation.

The manpower company had assured jobs with a salary of Rs 1,300 Riyals per month but they have only provided 700 Riyals so far, Karna Bahadur Shahi from Bardiya said.

Another victim Dipendra Chaudhary of Saptari said that the manpower company had charged Rs 100,000-Rs 130,000 from each person making false assurance while sending them to Saudi Arabia.