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Plight of tea garden workers brews in the hills, but parties pay little attention

Last week, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a rally in the middle of a tea-garden but didn’t utter a word on the tea industry. The grievances of the workers didn’t find a place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches in the Dooars regions.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Plight of tea garden workers brews in North Bengal, but parties pay little attention

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Plight of tea garden workers brews in North Bengal, but parties pay little attention

Plight of tea garden workers brews in the hills, but parties pay little attention

Covid-19 cases in Assam tea gardens still a concern

If the cases do not come down in the next few days, we may declare complete lockdown in those districts, CM Sarma had said earlier

21 June 2021, 14:46 IST

Covid-19 cases in Assam tea gardens still a concern, 102 deaths reported among workers

Covid-19 cases in Assam tea gardens still a concern, 102 deaths reported among workers

Covid-19 cases in Assam tea gardens still a concern

21 June 2021, 14:46 IST

Lockdown becomes blessing in disguise for WB workers

The lockdown has caused severe problems to many but for tea gardens workers in West Bengal, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The workers said that the supply of ration to them has been regular as it is directly monitored by the state government now. Earlier, when the distribution of ration was controlled by the tea garden managers, often the ration was not properly distributed.

27 May 2020, 03:47 IST

Lockdown becomes blessing in disguise for West Bengal’s tea garden workers

Lockdown becomes blessing in disguise for West Bengal’s tea garden workers

Lockdown becomes blessing in disguise for WB workers

27 May 2020, 03:47 IST

'Operationalise bank accounts of tea garden workers'

She also asked the banks to open adequate number of ATMs and Bank Mitras to make banking service available to the customers in tea garden areas

27 February 2020, 15:49 IST

Finance Minister Sitharaman tells banks to operationalise Assam tea garden workers' bank accounts

Finance Minister Sitharaman tells banks to operationalise Assam tea garden workers' bank accounts

'Operationalise bank accounts of tea garden workers'

27 February 2020, 15:49 IST

Bitter brew: Survival is chief concern this election

Sitting on a rickety plastic chair in front of a small temple in the Dooteriah Tea Garden here, Dipak Rai, a tea plantation worker, seemed rather confused about the elections.

16 April 2019, 05:33 IST

Bitter brew: Survival is chief concern this election

Bitter brew: Survival is chief concern this election

Bitter brew: Survival is chief concern this election

16 April 2019, 05:33 IST

Tea workers’ never-ending fight to get tribal identity

Lalit Orang, 22, looked confident inside Halmira tea estate in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district. This commerce graduate — one among the few graduates in the tea estate worker communities, however, was sceptical about cracking a government job. “It’s difficult for us to get a government job without reservation. That’s why, we have been demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to avail the reservation. If my grandfather had not come from Jharkhand, we would have done better there. Our relatives there are getting jobs and seats in good universities under ST quota,” Orang told DH.

10 March 2019, 07:15 IST

Tea workers’ never-ending fight to get tribal identity

Tea workers’ never-ending fight to get tribal identity

Tea workers’ never-ending fight to get tribal identity

10 March 2019, 07:15 IST

Toxic hooch, not the only killer of Assam’s tea workers

Low wages, malnutrition and ethnic clashes have led to the appalling conditions of Assam’s tea workers. Yet, the government has paid little attention.

10 March 2019, 02:22 IST

Toxic hooch, not the only killer of Assam’s tea workers

Toxic hooch, not the only killer of Assam’s tea workers

Toxic hooch, not the only killer of Assam’s tea workers

10 March 2019, 02:22 IST