An elderly tea garden worker walks past tea plants at the Mohorgaon and Gulma Tea Garden on the outskirts in Siliguri yesterday. Work has stopped in over 191 tea gardens across the Dooars and Terai areas of Jalpaiguri district since August 9 in response to an indefinite strike by the “Progressive Tea Workers” Union, the labour arm of the Adivasi Vikash Parishad (AVP) party, as they demand higher wages for tea garden workers.
August 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM