Overview
- Uttar Pradesh officials said Sunday that more than 6,000 state workers in Israel are safe, citing updates from the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv.
- Principal Secretary Dr Shanmuga Sundaram is taking daily updates from Ambassador J P Singh, whose March 11, 17 and 28 messages reported no emergencies.
- The Chief Minister’s office has activated a dedicated monitoring system and directed workers to an embassy control room and a multilingual hotline run by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority.
- Authorities report no significant requests to return, yet travel home can be arranged through Jordan, a route used recently to bring back Akhilesh Kumar of Ambedkar Nagar.
- Most workers went to Israel over the past two years through an India–Israel labour program that fills gaps in construction, technical services and facility management.