Torch procession held demanding arrear wages and rations for tea workers

A torch procession was held this evening from the central Shaheed Minar in Sylhet to Court Point in the city, demanding the payment of long-standing 14 weeks of arrear wages and 8 weeks of rations for the tea workers of Kalagul, Choragang and Borjan gardens. Students participated in this procession to achieve the legitimate demands of the tea workers. At the end of the procession, speakers at a rally demanded the payment of arrear wages and rations for the tea workers.

Conducted by Adhir Bauri, organizer of the Tea Garden Education Rights Implementation Council, the rally was addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Student Union Sylhet district president Monisha Wahid, Socialist Student Front Sylhet city branch vice-president Sumit Kanti Das Pinak, Democratic Student Council Sylhet district president Tanjina Begum, Revolutionary Students' Unity Sylhet district president Sarfaraz Sanowar and student leader Bishwajit Shil. The speakers said that tea workers have been deprived of their fair wages and rations for a long time.

Demands were made to the relevant authorities to immediately pay the arrear wages and rations to put an end to this plight. Besides, the attention of the government and concerned institutions was drawn to improve the living standards of the tea workers.