A 42-year-old tea plucker, Basanti Tanti, was severely injured after being attacked by a leopard at the Hatijan Tea Estate in Dibrugarh. Tanti sustained injuries to her forehead and stomach. Locals urged the forest department to capture leopards by setting up iron cages and relocate them far from the area.
Tension brewed at the Hilika Tea Estate in Tinsukia district as workers staged a mass protest over the uprooting of green tea bushes for oil exploration activities by Oil India Limited (OIL). The workers fear the move will negatively impact their livelihoods.
Hundreds of female plantation workers from the Sealkotee tea estate in Dibrugarh district took to the streets seeking better pay and benefits from the management. They demanded a minimum wage of Rs 351 per day and land deeds for the landless tea workers. Read more.
Tea garden workers in the Doomdooma area of Tinsukia district protested against the death of Jolen Munda, a plantation worker, killed in a road accident. They blocked the Doomdooma-Philobari road, demanding compensation for his family, free education for his children, and installation of speed breakers and streetlight.