Back in S'pore after Covid-19-delayed wedding, migrant worker says strict rules here 'very depressing'

Mr Rajadurai returned to India to get married in September last year and managed to return to Singapore for work in December. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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SINGAPORE - Indian worker Rajadurai was all set to get married in April last year, but three weeks before the big day, the dormitory he was staying in was suddenly locked down and his nuptial plans went out the window.

Mr Rajadurai, who declined to give his full name, is a 30-year-old supervisor at a construction company. He was among about 13,000 migrant workers in S11 Dormitory @ Punggol, one of the two dorms here locked down on April 5 last year after a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in them.

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