No foodgrain distribution in tea gardens if management does not agree to demands

Want management agreed to give a percentage in cash to garden workers

Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union (DTDPLU) today said that it would not allow food grains under the National Food Security Act to be distributed in the tea gardens unless the management agreed to give a percentage in cash to garden workers.

The cash which they were seeking was an amount equal to what was being deducted from the workers' total wages as ration money, DTDPLU general secretary SurajSubba said.

"As part of the National Food Security Act, the tea gardens have also been included and the act is being implemented in the tea gardens here from this month onwards. Due to this, the ration being given by the management has now been stopped as food grains will be procured by workers as per the NFSA.