Dibrugarh: Tension brewed at the Hilika Tea Estate in Tinsukia district on Thursday as hundreds of workers staged a mass protest over the uprooting of green tea bushes within the estate for oil exploration activities by Oil India Limited (OIL). The plantation workers, mostly female tea pluckers, fear the move will negatively impact their livelihoods.
The protest began when the workers learned that 28 bighas of land in Section 23 of the tea estate would be cleared for oil exploration activities.Concerned about the potential loss of their jobs, the workers jointly voice their opposition.
As the protest escalated, the workers barricaded five earth movers that were being used to uproot the tea bushes. The drivers, faced with the workers’ ire, quickly retreated from the garden. Members of the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association also joined the protest to show their solidarity with the tea garden workers.
Jogeswar Nanda, secretary of the ATTSA Doomdooma unit said Oil India would not be allowed to uproot the tea bushes without first consulting with the workers. “The tea garden workers are concerned about their livelihoods, and their voices must be heard before any further action is taken,” he stated.
The protest began when the workers learned that 28 bighas of land in Section 23 of the tea estate would be cleared for oil exploration activities.Concerned about the potential loss of their jobs, the workers jointly voice their opposition.
As the protest escalated, the workers barricaded five earth movers that were being used to uproot the tea bushes. The drivers, faced with the workers’ ire, quickly retreated from the garden. Members of the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association also joined the protest to show their solidarity with the tea garden workers.
Jogeswar Nanda, secretary of the ATTSA Doomdooma unit said Oil India would not be allowed to uproot the tea bushes without first consulting with the workers. “The tea garden workers are concerned about their livelihoods, and their voices must be heard before any further action is taken,” he stated.
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