Working for hours at a stretch every day has left their fingers hurting and their bodies tired, but the women still manage to smile through it all and crack jokes together.
Jharkhand Forest Official Gets Notice After Moving Court for Unpaid Workers Wages
The showcause notice to the official concerned says why can t he be given compulsory retirement in the public interest. Nearly 250 workers got their payments released after nine months after the official moved the court.
Representational image. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli/Mongabay.
Rights22/Feb/2021
New Delhi: A Jharkhand forest range officer has been issued a show cause notice asking him to explain why he cannot be given compulsory retirement after he had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the state government for failing to pay around 250 workers employed by the forest department, the
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