The incident took place between the Rajabhatkhawa and Garopara stations in the section between Alipurduar Junction and Siliguri Junction, which comes under North East Frontier Railway
The gardens are Samsing and Bamandanga-Tondu, which are located in the Matiali and Nagrakata blocks of the Jalpaiguri district, respectively. Suspension of work was declared on the estates, which are owned by the same company, on October 3
The arrival of the first missionaries among tea plantation workers was remembered with the presence of PIME’s Superior General Fr Brambillasca and Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Girelli. The “first seed is bearing fruit today, even far away,” Fr Brambillasca said, thanks to Indian missionaries “currently working in different parts of the world”.