More than 20 Nepali migrant workers come home in coffins from Qatar every month according to the Foreign Ministry. The deaths take place due to industrial accidents, road accidents and sickness. Most Nepalis in the Gulf are from the hills and they usually fall ill and die due to the parching heat of the Middle East. The number of those killed in road accidents is also significant and are attributed to rules on driving on the right side of the road. The recent death of five Nepalis while trying to clean a septic tank in Qatar is because of lack of training. Chairperson of the Non-Resident Nepalis Association in Qatar, Badri Prasad Pandey, said they would not have died if they had used simple masks. We have begun training sessions for such workers, he said. Pandey added that most Nepali workers in the Gulf are not insured so they have a hard time getting compensation. In most cases, they have to fight legal battles. In Qatar, workers get insurance worth Rs one million if they pay only Rs 2,500. Nepali envoy to Qatar, Shyamananda Suman, said a petition had been filed in court to claim compensation for the death of the five Nepalis.