Article: Indian workers in Bahrain ready to resume work

Dubai, Aug 13 -- Some 200 Indian workers in Bahrain are expected Sunday to call off their strike aimed to protest the appalling conditions at their labour camp that was gutted by a fire killing 17 of their fellow workers.

The Bahrain labour ministry is putting final touches to an agreement with Royal Tower Construction in whose labour camp the accident happened last month, reports the Gulf-Daily News newspaper.

The company has agreed to improve working conditions of the workers, says the report.

"We are sure that the deal we have reached with the company now is in the interest of the workers," said Nedhal Al Banna, Bahrain's acting labour relations director and head ...

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