Many tea garden workers not reporting for work in Darjeeling

A huge section of the workforce has not reported for work in the crisis-ridden Darjeeling tea gardens despite withdrawal of the prolonged shutdown in the hills, a top official said.

"More than 60 per cent of one lakh-odd workers of the Darjeeling tea industry have not reported for work even as the shutdown has been lifted in the hills," chairman of Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) B Mohan told

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