Paralysed Indian worker flown back from UAE
Abu Dhabi, June 11 : A 54-year-old Indian worker who was left completely paralysed after an accident in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been flown back to India and reunited with his family.
Gurmej Singh reached his home in Punjab on Saturday evening, said Prasad Sreedharan, a social worker with a medical committee constituted by the Consulate General of India in Dubai.
The Indian Consulate took prompt action and immediately issued a stretcher ticket for the patient from Dubai to Delhi and on to Amritsar, the Khaleej Times reported on Monday.
Singh, who had just been five days into his job as a mason with a Ras Al Khaimah contracting company, was travelling in a minivan with fellow workers when the accident took place.
"All my fellow workers sustained different injuries but the impact of the accident left me completely paralysed," Singh said.
The accident put Singh in a tight spot regarding medical bills and visa issues.
The hospital bill has reached 125,000 dirhams ($34,000), said Sreedharan adding that "the legal firm involved in the case has given an undertaking to the hospital to pay that amount".
Singh's visa had also expired and he overstayed for five days.
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Voting commences in 88 Constituencies across 13 States, including Karnataka
New Delhi: The second phase of Lok Sabha elections kicked off this morning in thirteen states, including Karnataka. In total, 88 constituencies, including 14 in Karnataka, are part of this phase.
In Kerala, prominent figures such as senior Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Rahul Gandhi are among those contesting. Voting commenced at 7 am across all constituencies.
Across Kerala's 20 constituencies, significant voter turnout was observed, with long queues forming outside polling booths since early hours. Meanwhile, voting also began in BalurGhat, West Bengal, as part of the process to elect representatives for three out of the state's 42 constituencies.
A total of 2633 candidates submitted their nomination papers for the elections across 88 constituencies in twelve states and one union territory.
Keen competition is underway in Kerala's Wayanad and Thiruvananthapuram constituencies. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi finds himself in a three-cornered contest against BJP's K. Surendran and CPI's Ani Raja. In several constituencies, the polling duration has been extended until 6 pm to accommodate voters.
