Bengal Announces Rs 5,000 Aid for Tea Garden Workers
West Bengal's chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari, has announced financial help of Rs 5,000 for 19,524 tea garden workers ahead of Diwali. The state is also considering raising the rice allocation for these workers from 35 kg to 50 kg, and the chief minister stressed plans to reopen closed tea gardens.
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Context: Tea gardens in north Bengal employ large numbers of workers, many of whom depend on wages, rations and housing from the estate. Closed gardens have left families without steady income for years, so reopening them is a long-running demand.
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