Ordeal of migrant workers from Bolangir continues with two of them from Saintala dying in the last 10 days thanks to the alleged indifferent attitude of the district administration.

In the latest instance, body of Kishore Majhi, who was working as a migrant worker in Telangana, was carried to his native place Ambapali village on Wednesday.

Making things worse, the hapless wife and little girl of the deceased had to borrow Rs 50,000 from the villagers to pay the ambulance bill as the company owner and the ‘sardar’ (middleman) refused to help them.

As per sources, Kishore was working as a migrant worker in Telangana. However, his wife and little daughter had a tough time bringing back his body to the village following his death. Somehow, they managed to bring the body with an ambulance and requested the villagers for some financial assistance to pay the ambulance bill.

As per reports, no officials from the local administration visited their house to extend a helping hand.

In another instance of the perennial issue in Odisha, body of another migrant worker from Khulan village under Titlagarh block was also recently brought to the village from outside the state with much difficulty.

Recent figures disclosed in the Odisha Assembly revealed that over the past decade, at least 409 migrant workers from the State have died, with 233 of those deaths occurring in the past three years.

Notably, thousands of migrant workers from Odisha go out of the State in search of livelihood, many returning either with injuries or dead.