CITU urges Centre to intervene to reopen closed T-gardens

The CITU today sought central intervention in reopening of Tea Gardens which have been closed for more than three months.
"Under the Tea Act, the Centre along with the state can intervene to open Tea Gardens, which are closed for more than three months," CITU General Secretary and MP Tapan Sen told a press conference.
"If necessary, the government can change the management and give it to another managing agency or let the government run them," Sen said while briefing about the decisions taken during the CITU's four-day General Council that ended here this afternoon.
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The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today

appealed to all of its 'committees' to contribute monetary and other support to the Tea Garden workers in West Bengal.
The CITU, whose appeal comes on the last day of the trade union's four-day General Council Meeting here, also asked the committees to donate for victims of the rains in Tamil Nadu, according to a CITU press release here.