सम्पूर्ण चिया कमानहरुमा काम बन्द गर अनि श्रमिकहरुलाई बन्द अवधीको वेतन देऊ! DTA अनि CCPA को दार्जीलिङ पहाड़को चियाकमानहरुमा काम संचालित राख्ने कोशिशको घोर निन्दा गरौं! विश्वलाई त्रासित बनाएको कोरोना भाइरसको महामारी विरुद्ध हर एक देश अनि संस्थाहरु एकबद्ध भएर सक्रिय रुपमा काम गरिरहेका छन्। हाम्रो देशमा पनि यो भाइरसको विस्तारलाई रोक्नको निम्ति सरकारले कतिपय […]
Condemn the attempt by D.T.A & C.C.P.A to operate the Tea plantations in Darjeeling
Shut Down Plantations and Pay Wages to the Workers. Darjeeling Tea Association and Consultative Committee of Plantation Association has turned deplorable and inhuman by shamelessly requesting the West Bengal State Government to allow the complete operation of Tea Plantations in Darjeeling as reported in the Statesman on 27th March 2020. How indifferent, insensitive and self- […]
Darjeeling tea Workers on a hunger strike for a 20% annual festive bonus.
As you sip your favourite Darjeeling tea planning how to enjoy this festive season, tea garden workers in Darjeeling are on a hunger strike for a 20% annual festive bonus. A 12 hour bandh has also been called in Darjeeling Hills tomorrow. Union leaders plan to hold hunger strikes ‘in front of garden offices’ from […]
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista elected as a member of the Tea Board
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has been elected as one of the members of the Tea Board of India. When he was asked by a journalist about his further course of action after being elected, he responded as follows: “As you are aware the Darjeeling Hills, Terai and Dooars along with neigbouring Assam produce some of […]
MINIMUM WAGES –Tea Garden Workers and Vultures
Writes: Chandan Pariyar It’s time for the Monsoon flush, fighting with the wind and the rain women are seen bent at their waist behind the tea bush, plucking the tea leaves and carefully tucking it inside the cane basket hung on their head. Their sunburnt faces and the frostbitten hands may tell you hundreds of […]
Darjeeling tea gardens have become a hotbed for trafficking
Tea gardens that once brewed the world-famous Darjeeling tea have now become a hotbed for trafficking, owing to the undermining of labour rights and rising deprivation. The Dooars region of West Bengal is known for its alluvial soil and cool climatic conditions, making it a fertile ground for tea gardens. But as tea gardens shut […]
Rs.172 – Price of blood, sweat and life of a Tea garden worker in Gorkhaland!
‘All wealth is the product of labor’- John Locke Tea plantations of Darjeeling, Dooars and Terai encompass the two extremes of human existence, the unimaginable opulence of Tea garden owners and the abject impoverishment of workers. Behind the idyllic hills, the scenic gardens, the “romance of the two leaves and a bud”, and the “smiling […]
Darjeeling Likely to Witness Another Agitation
Darjeeling Likely to Witness Another Agitation From May 1 In an interview given to the Himalayan Beacon, published on Tuesday, CITU has declared that they would be launching an agitation for the workers of Darjeeling, Terai and Duars from May 1. The agitation, however, will mostly focus on the demands of the tea garden and […]
