The death of a worker at a tea garden in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district has sparked allegations that the person died of starvation, with a tea garden union and Right to Food Campaign on Wednesday making public a fact finding report on the issue.
Dhani Oraon, 58, a permanent worker at Madhu Tea Garden in the district’s Kalchini block died on February 2, 2024. A five-member fact-finding team of the Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity and Right to Food and Work Campaign West Bengal which included two lawyers, took three days to come out with a fact finding report.
Despite being a permanent worker, Dhani Oraon, suffered from severe malnutrition after 7 years of closure of the tea garden. Madhu Tea garden was reopened after 7 years of closure on December 27, 2021.
