A wild sub-adult male elephant strayed into a village in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on June 14 and destroyed tea plantation in the area.
Votes of tea garden workers are set to play a decisive role in 45 constituencies in the West Bengal Assembly elections. All the parties including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), are trying to gain support by making promises. Sukrao Rao, a tea garden worker said, "This election, all parties coming and making big promises. Some told we will give you Rs 300 hundred some told we will give you 'Pakka Makan'." Chanmati Parda, other Tea garden worker said, "Will not say anything right now who will win or who will lose, we are facing lots of problems. We don't have toilets and there are only 'katcha' roads to the garden." Other worker, Shefali said, "I don't know leaders are making many promises this time. Will they fulfill it or not don't know. Let's see what happens. We don't have even Indira Awaas how can we survive in Rs 200 and we have no money to educate our children."
In India, tea is not just a beverage but a bustling culture carried across generations for over 170 years. We’re the second-largest producer of tea and its largest consumer too.
Forest department caught a leopard from a tea garden in Dibrugarh. According to officials, it is a female leopard and will release into a jungle after a clinical check-up.
West Bengal government has allowed deployment of 100 per cent workforce in tea gardens from June 01.
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