The meeting convened by labour minister Moloy Ghatak to resolve the bonus issue for tea workers in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) area ended inconclusively.
Hundreds of people staged a dharna (demonstration) in Kurseong since morning, protesting the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was hit by a toy train.
Amid ongoing protests by a section of tea workers in Darjeeling Hills, who have halted plucking of green leaves over pending bonus payments, labour minister Moloy Ghatak has stepped in to resolve the crisis. He has called for a meeting on 3 April in Siliguri to address the issue.
The Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN), a group actively researching land rights for tea garden workers in the Darjeeling hills, today released a crucial Right to Information (RTI) response that clarifies long-standing confusion over land allotment policies in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) region.
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief Anit Thapa on Saturday reaffirmed his commitment to holistic development in the Hills, citing multiple infrastructural projects initiated in ward 45 under GTA’s jurisdiction.
The required staff and nurses have already been appointed there, along with medical officers, nursing officers and paramedics, a team of whom would work for seven days and go into seven days of quarantine, while the other team takes over.
According to Mr Sharma, the GTA will have to prepare an SOP, along with awareness and interactive programmes. "It could be said that we are starting the groundwork so that we can prepare for the upcoming tourist season.
“These thermal scanners would also be sent to all closed tea gardens under the GTA,” Mr Thapa said in a press release from Kalimpong where he is currently overseeing and coordinating preparations to fight the novel coronavirus.
Redditor /u/CurryLav posted a list of leaks they claim to have obtained from a source at Rockstar India.
Hundreds of teacher trainees who did not fulfil the eligibility conditions to appear for the BEd examination were allowed to appear in the first semester exam in December, it is learnt
