In a significant development, people’s representatives from both Sikkim and northern West Bengal have come together to demand tribal status for at least 12 left-out communities in the region.
After the fifth round of tripartite talks on the bonus issue ended without an agreement, the labour department has issued an advisory for tea garden workers in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong hills.
The Tea Workers’ Protection Committee (Chiya Shramik Suraksha Samiti) in Darjeeling has called for an indefinite bandh in the Hills starting Monday after the tripartite meeting convened by the Labour Department ended inconclusively today over the demand for a 20 per cent Puja bonus for workers in the 87 Hill tea gardens.
On World Tourism Day today, the Union ministry of tourism has launched Paryatan Mitra and Paryatan Didi, responsible tourism initiatives in 50 places across the country, including two tourism destinations in West Bengal, Kolkata and Darjeeling.
Explore the enchanting monsoon destinations in West Bengal, from the lush hills of Darjeeling and serene Mukutmanipur to the mangroves of Sundarbans and the coastal charm of Tajpur.
In Siliguri, a spike in the cases has prompted the Board of Administrators (BoA) of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) to stress on random Covid-19 testing to reach out to a maximum number of people.
The worst-affected districts will be Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda and North Dinajpur, all in north Bengal.
Though the health department had advised him to remain in 14 days' home quarantine, local people had objected to the same, sources said.
Apart from hotels, home-stays, GTA to open spots.
Not only Indians, but tea producers in Nepal had also alleged that the West Bengal police had prevented tea and cardamom-laden lorries from going to India from Nepal via the Panitanki border by citing the coronavirus spread.
