Mangalore, March 8: As many as 13 people from coastal Karnataka, who were working in the volatile country of Libya have safely returned home on Monday.
They are PC Manjunath, Anand Moolya, Navachandra Rao, Prakash Shetty, Hamza, Shekhar, Victor Rego, NM Vijayakumar, Mohan Adoor, Padmanabh Boloor, R K Bhat, Ashokan and Narayan Shetty all residents of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. They were working for Sirte Oil Company in Marsa El Brega, in Libya along with a Keralite, who also has returned.
Although, they had begun their homecoming journey on March 2, it took a long time for them to reach their destination, due to various reasons.
Initiating their journey by bus, 13 Kannadigas and a Keralite moved to Cairo in Egypt, where, after two days they boarded the Gulf Air flight to Bahrain, from where they caught a Mumbai bound flight. Finally an Indian Airlines flight brought them to Mangalore at 12:15 pm on Monday.
Revealing the horrific experience they underwent since the outbreak of anti-government protests in the oil rich company, PC Manjunath, a resident of Kavoor said the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests has turned the North African country into a battle field.
Although, the government forces were targeting only anti-government protesters they have been compelled to return home, after the violence spread to the place where they lived. He said that as many as 65 Indians working for the same company have left the conflict-torn country along with them.
However, he expressed gratitude to the Indian embassy, for its responsible and kind attitude towards the stranded Indians. He also said that the union government bore all the expenses of their travel.
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