Bhubaneshwar, March 2 -- With the Middle East turning into a virtual war zone after the US-Israeli strikes in Iran, thousands of Odia workers stranded in the conflict zones due to cancellation of flights are desperately longing for safe return to their homeland with their loved ones desperately appealing the government agencies for their evacuation.

Several areas of Odisha including Kendrapara, with its rich skilled human resources, has seen its natives, including plumbers, migrating to the Middle-East, and Arab countries, South East Asia besides European countries over the years to eke out a better living.

As the visuals of skylines in the conflict zones portraying terrifying scenes with the shooting of missiles and drones, unknown fear ...