469 Nepali people have been unemployed since 8 months in Sendan International Company Limited located in Jubail, Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. According to the Nepali Embassy in Riyadh, the Nepali workers became jobless after the company collapsed. According to the embassy, ​​there is a problem due to not getting the exit visa (exit permit) required to send them to Nepal.

The Nepali workers in the company have appealed to rescue them as soon as possible and send them to Nepal. Ramprasad Yadav, who has been working for the company for 10 years, said that he had to sleep in the company's camp and had a lot of problems. Our daily life is getting worse. After the company stopped working, they are giving us dal and rice in the morning and evening," he said. "Nobody has a single penny with them. There is no money to buy medicine and food. The company has been completely closed since December 24, the embassy said.

According to Labor Councilor Kaviraj Upreti, it may take another month to send them home. "Everyone's residence visa has expired." An exit permit must be issued to return home. According to the Saudi Labor Department, it will take one more month to leave,' he told Ikantipur, 'We are coordinating with the labor office of Riyadh and Jubail to send them to Nepal as soon as possible.' Who had an expired residence visa. They have returned to Nepal. whose residence visa has expired . The fine should be waived and an exit permit issued," he said. "We are talking with a new company for workers who are willing to stay and work in Saudi Arabia." He said that the new company will pay the fine for those who want to change the company.

Saudi has reported that some technical problems have been found in the mechanism for the workers to obtain exit permits themselves through online. "We have met the head of Riyadh Labor Department and requested to issue an exit permit." We have received an assurance from Riyadh that they will try to solve the problem within a month," he said.

It has been 7 to 9 months since the expiry of the residence visa of the workers . The workers are yet to get their salary from 4 months to 1 year. The company used to pay minimum salary of 1300 riyals to unskilled workers. Workers who have worked in that company for 2 years to 16 years are yet to receive gratuity . "Now the first priority is to send them home." The case should be filed for salary and gratuity to be received from the company . The company itself has been closed," Upreti said, "There is a process in Saudi Arabia to hold the company accountable. The company should be taken into liquidation.

Hari Bahadur Budhathoki, vice president of Nepali People's Progressive Forum in Saudi Arabia, said that medicine was distributed to the workers who started falling ill. The team including vice president Budhathoki, member Vikram Sripali and Sunil Century  Medicines have been distributed to sugar and pressure patients. There are also some complex patients in the camp. It is necessary to treat their health," Budhathoki said, "It is necessary to rescue them as soon as possible, who have been forced to stay in the camp for a long time.