<p>S D Moorthy, consul (community welfare) at the Indian Consulate in Jeddah said that some workers desperate to come to Saudi Arabia to earn a living are lured by unscrupulous agents who promise them good salaries without apprising them of the nature and demands of the jobs.<br /><br />He said the mission regularly gets complaints from many workers who cannot cope with the work conditions on the farms, the Arab news reported.<br /><br />"It is a tough job for the physically weak and aged. Such vocations include loading and unloading of goods, planting and watering crops, feeding and looking after the livestock on a 24-hour basis. Furthermore, the worker has to live in a hut on a farm through hot and cold weather," Moorthy was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Citing a recent case, Moorthy said a 51-year old man named P Govindasamy, from Tamil Nadu, who came to work as a shepherd at Al-Kharj, some 60 km from Riyadh in February 2010, could not cope up with the tough conditions there.<br /><br />"He worked with the sponsor for six months and was unable to cope with the work conditions. He developed a skin disease and breathing problems.<br /><br />"On seeing his feeble condition, his sponsor sent him away from the farm. He reached the Indian Consulate in a poor condition with many medical complications," Moorthy said.<br />The consulate issued him a travel document to return to India and his case was taken up with the Passport Department officials. He was repatriated on Thursday.</p>
<p>S D Moorthy, consul (community welfare) at the Indian Consulate in Jeddah said that some workers desperate to come to Saudi Arabia to earn a living are lured by unscrupulous agents who promise them good salaries without apprising them of the nature and demands of the jobs.<br /><br />He said the mission regularly gets complaints from many workers who cannot cope with the work conditions on the farms, the Arab news reported.<br /><br />"It is a tough job for the physically weak and aged. Such vocations include loading and unloading of goods, planting and watering crops, feeding and looking after the livestock on a 24-hour basis. Furthermore, the worker has to live in a hut on a farm through hot and cold weather," Moorthy was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Citing a recent case, Moorthy said a 51-year old man named P Govindasamy, from Tamil Nadu, who came to work as a shepherd at Al-Kharj, some 60 km from Riyadh in February 2010, could not cope up with the tough conditions there.<br /><br />"He worked with the sponsor for six months and was unable to cope with the work conditions. He developed a skin disease and breathing problems.<br /><br />"On seeing his feeble condition, his sponsor sent him away from the farm. He reached the Indian Consulate in a poor condition with many medical complications," Moorthy said.<br />The consulate issued him a travel document to return to India and his case was taken up with the Passport Department officials. He was repatriated on Thursday.</p>