Animesh Mandal
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024 | ||
Published Online: 31.07.2024 | Page No: 305-311 | |||
Problems
of Tea Industry and its impact on the Tea workers in Dooars: A study of
Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts in West Bengal
Animesh
Mandal, Assistant Professor, Department of Political
Science, Krishnagar Govt. College, Nadia, West Bengal, India | |
Tea industry is one of the oldest industries in India. The Tea industry of India has provided employment for a large number of people. In west Bengal, the Adivasi and Nepali workers all along formed the majority of the work force of this industry. The economy of Doors was formed on the tea estates from British era. Dooars has around 165 organized tea estate which is spread over Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts. However, last few decades the tea workers, especially the one drawn from the tribal areas of Dooars region, are facing innumerable difficulties. The Dooars regions a considerable number of tea gardens have gone sick due to lack of infrastructure, modernization and efficient management. The tea garden workers have been suffering from the basic disadvantages of living in the remotest corner, away from the modern facilities that make life easier. In this situation of crisis, the tea garden workers are turning towards the Government with a hope of getting some relief. Central and State government have to work collectively to find solution from this crisis. This article attempts to explore the problems of the industry and the social and economic situations of tea garden labourers in Dooars regions. The basic aim of this article is to highlight the condition of tea garden labourers in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts in the context of wide spread crisis in Tea industry Sector in the country and its consequent impact on the Tea workers. In this article, I have tried to show that the condition of the tea gardens of Dooars is needed to be discussed. | |
Keywords: Tea, Adivasi, Dooars, suffering, relief, olution. |