All political parties cheated you on wages : Assam students’ body reaches out to tea workers
The AATTSA said it would highlight the injustice done to the workers by the ruling BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), and Congress.
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AATTSA leaders at a political awareness meeting for the tea garden workers on Friay. (Photo | Special arrangement)
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GUWAHATI: Just days ahead of Assam elections, a students’ body in the state launched a campaign on Friday to remind the tea workers how they were deceived by the various political parties.
The “political awareness meetings” were launched by the All Assam Tea Tribe Students’ Association (AATTSA). The focus of its discussions with the workers is on their daily wage.
Assam Tea Tribes Students Association announces complete shutdown of tea gardens on March 22
Assam Tea Tribes Students Association announces complete shutdown of tea gardens on March 22
The Assam Tea Tribe s Students Association has called for a complete shutdown of all tea gardens in Brahmaputra and Barak valley on March 22, against government s alleged negligence towards the tea workers in the state.
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Workers pluck tea leaves at an estate in Agartala. (Photo for representation: PTI)
The Assam Tea Tribe s Students Association has called for a complete shutdown of all tea gardens in Brahmaputra and Barak valley on March 22, against government s alleged negligence towards the tea workers in the state.
ATTSA president Dhiraj Gowala said that government has failed to address problems of tea workers. "The government has given lollipop to the tea workers by hiking the wage to Rs 217. Additional Rs 50 was hiked by the government. We are demanding Rs 351 daily wage hike," he said.
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11 bodies block historic Dhodar Ali, protest encroachment by Nagaland
As many as 11 organizations and a large number of local people in the Mariani area here along the Assam-Nagaland border in Jorhat district
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JORHAT: As many as 11 organizations and a large number of local people in the Mariani area here along the Assam-Nagaland border in Jorhat district blocked the historic Dhodar Ali in protest against Naga encroachment on Assam land. They demanded the government to evict the Naga Police camp allegedly set up on Assam soil; and also threatened to take up indefinite blockade on the historic road if their demands were not addressed.