Archive · 3 Dec 2025
Five Jharkhand Workers Return Home from Cameroon
Five workers from Jharkhand, India, were stuck in Cameroon for months because they weren't paid by their company.
They sent a video to a social activist who helped them.
The Indian government and the Indian High Commission in Cameroon worked together to get their salaries and bring them home.
They flew back to Mumbai and then took a train to Jharkhand, where they are expected to arrive by Thursday.
Five Jharkhand workers stranded in Cameroon for months without pay have returned home.
They were hired by a Mumbai-based multinational company to lay transmission lines.
Their situation was highlighted after they sent a video to social activist Sikander Ali.
The state intervened, coordinated with the Indian High Commission, and cleared their pending salaries.
They flew back to Mumbai and will reach their respective districts in Jharkhand by Thursday.
- Who
- Five migrant workers from Jharkhand: Sunil Mahato, Sukar Mahato, Chandrashekhar Kumar, Dilon Mahato, Dilchand Mahato
- What
- Returned home after being stranded in Cameroon without pay for five months
- When
- Flight landed in Mumbai on Tuesday, train to Jharkhand on Wednesday, expected to reach home by Thursday
- Where
- Cameroon to Mumbai to Jharkhand
- Why
- Stranded due to unpaid salaries, coordinated effort by state officials, activists, and the Indian High Commission resolved the issue
- Workers
- Sunil Mahato, Sukar Mahato, Chandrashekhar Kumar, Dilon Mahato, Dilchand Mahato
- Origin
- Jharkhand, India
- Destination
- Cameroon
- Employer
- Mumbai-based multinational company
- Job
- Laying transmission lines
- Unpaid Salaries
- 5 months
- Return Date
- Tuesday (flight to Mumbai), Wednesday (train to Jharkhand)
- Expected Home Arrival
- Thursday
