This news has been read 471 times! KUWAIT CITY, Jun 14: Investigations have uncovered that the NBTC Camp 4, storage area on the ground floor of the Manqaf building, originally assumed to be for general use, was a kitchen used to prepare meals for workers heading to their workplaces in Abdaly. It was observed that workers collected their meals from this kitchen, where 21 gas cylinders were found nearby, reportedly intended for transport to Abdaly. Kattunilath Geevarghese Abraham, hailing from Niranam in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, is among a group of businessmen from the state who thrived in the oil-rich Middle East.
The third of seven children from a farmer’s family, Abraham moved to Kuwait in 1976 at the age of 22, armed with a diploma in civil engineering and a strong ambition. He initially joined a construction company with a monthly salary of 60 dinars. Seven years later, with a capital of 4,000 dinars, Abraham became a partner in NBTC (Naser Mohamed Al-Baddah & Partner Trading and Contracting Company) and began taking on minor civil construction projects in Kuwait.
The 1990 Kuwait War marked a pivotal moment in his life. On vacation in Kerala when the war began in August, Abraham returned to Kuwait in May 1991, a month after the war ended, and invested in the country’s post-war reconstruction. NBTC expanded beyond Kuwait into sectors such as oil and gas, growing from 90 workers to a major employer in the Middle East with a workforce of 15,000.
In Kerala, Abra.
