Ranchi, Feb. 3 -- Fourteen migrant workers from Jharkhand facing difficulties in arranging food and accommodation in Dubai allegedly due to unpaid wages have appealed for an immediate intervention by state and Union governments in facilitating their safe return from the city in the UAE, officials said on Monday.

The stranded workers from Giridih, Hazaribag and Bokaro districts, who had gone to Dubai in October 2025 to work on a transmission line project for a private company, have sent a video detailing their ordeal. The workers sent the video to social activist Sikandar Ali, who works for the welfare of migrant workers.

"The workers have not been paid for three months and are being coerced into working overtime without compensation," A...