Left Member raises in Parliament industrial sickness in West Bengal
Updated: Jul 11, 2014 12:03:31pm
New Delhi, Jul 11 (KNN) The issues of closure and sickness in the tea gardens of West Bengal and in the jute industry were raised in Parliament.
Raising the issue on July-9 in the Rajya Sabha, Tapan Kumar Sen said in the jute mill industry out of 58 mills, six mills are closed, and the rest of the mills are operating under a severe scaling down capacity.
They are operating at less than 50 per cent of their capacity because of the faulty policy of the Government of India, he said. Workers are the main sufferers, he said. Of 2,40,000 workers, as on date, the daily engagement is only 1,00,000.
Referring to the worsening situation of tea gardens, he said, as on date, six tea gardens have been closed for a long time throwing thousands of workers in utter starvation. (KNN/PC)
Raising the issue on July-9 in the Rajya Sabha, Tapan Kumar Sen said in the jute mill industry out of 58 mills, six mills are closed, and the rest of the mills are operating under a severe scaling down capacity.
They are operating at less than 50 per cent of their capacity because of the faulty policy of the Government of India, he said. Workers are the main sufferers, he said. Of 2,40,000 workers, as on date, the daily engagement is only 1,00,000.
Referring to the worsening situation of tea gardens, he said, as on date, six tea gardens have been closed for a long time throwing thousands of workers in utter starvation. (KNN/PC)
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