Parliament: JD(U) MP Ali Anwar gives adjournment motion on killing of Bihari labourers in Pune; Jeddah trouble

New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) MP Ali Anwar, Monday, gave adjournment motion notice over the difficulty being faced Bihari workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Anwar also gave adjournment motion notice, under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha, over the killing of 11 labourers in Pune.

Nine labourers were killed and four others injured when the slab of an under-construction 14-storied building collapsed in Pune last Friday.

The situation in Saudi Arabia is also grim as nearly 10,000 Indian workers, who were laid off recently, were reportedly on the brink of starvation.

After the issue came to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's notice, nearly 16,000 kilograms of food to them.