Harassment of pilgrims
I have read with great interest your editorial “PM's warning against fraudulent manpower agents---Time to take concrete action to punish the offenders.” We are very much acquainted with harassment in this sector while sending our skilled and unskilled workers in exchange of money that they accumulate by selling land and taking loans at high rate of interest to be paid from the money earned from abroad. Such stories are regularly heard and published in the newspapers and shown on the electronic media.
The thing that I want to bring to the notice of the authorities is that every year thousands of people wanting to perform Hajj suffer at the hands of the middleman and the so called brokers. Every year the aspirant pilgrims who decide to go to Holy Mecca to perform Hajj are misguided by the brokers and middlemen.
For the first time this year, the government has declared a five year long Hajj policy which ensures that middleman and brokers will not be allowed to operate in any way. I would earnestly request the decision makers to launch a wide publicity campaign just from now, so that none can cheat the innocent pilgrims. The middlemen are in the field to tarnish the good image of the government. So, now is the proper time to go tough on these frauds and cheats.
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