Government wants to change the conditions for construction workers of World Cup 2022 stadiums in Qatar
The unsalted criticism is well-known: workers who are building the gigantic World Cup stadiums in Qatar are living in miserable conditions. But, says NOS sports reporter Gio Lippens, the local government wants to change that.
And so work is now being done on so-called workers' cities , where World Cup builders can work under better conditions live.
Lippens was the Dutch president of the sports journalist association in Qatar for a conference and was given a tour of one of the cities. There should be sports facilities, a cinema and even a complete shopping center.
But it is not really luxurious: workers have to share their 24 square meter room with three other employees. And there is a fence around the city. " other views & quot ;, Lippens explains. And yes, according to him, working in a burning sun with more than 40 degrees is still on the agenda.
" You know that you will be overwhelmed & quot ;, he says about the tour. " They are sending you a direction that they would like to show you. But it was less polished than I thought. "
A total of four cities will be built in which 100,000 people can each live. But that is not nearly enough for the 1.8 million workers. There was no answer to the question of where the remaining 1.4 million employees were to sleep.
Currently, many of the workers, mostly from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, are sleeping with six out of seven man in small unsanitary rooms.
Read all news »Published on: 13-02-2016 00:00 | Updated on: 13-02-2016 00:00 | By: Patrick
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