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Nearly 800 Indian workers are reportedly starving for the last three days in the Saudi city of Jeddah after losing their jobs and Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh is travelling to the Gulf nation to sort out the issue. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been directed to serve food to them and that she was monitoring the situation on an hourly basis. Ms. Swaraj said Indians in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were facing various problems relating to their work and wage and that the “matters are much worse” in Saudi Arabia.She said MoS External Affairs M.J. Akbar will take up the issue with Kuwait and Saudi authorities.
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