TMC MP Alleges Centres tea backyard creches in north Bengal are non-functional, unfit even for animals

Mr Banerjee had posed an unstarred query at Rajya Sabha on July 25 (Friday) to the Minister of Heavy Industries concerning the difficulty. “Whether it’s a incontrovertible fact that there aren’t any working Creche homes in Karbala, New Dooars, Banarhat and Choonabhutti tea gardens of Andrew Yule group,” he requested. 

In response, the Minister of Heavy Industries, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma gave an inventory of 5 creches which might be functioning in these tea gardens. Notably, these tea gardens are usually not straight Central Government owned, however managed by Andrew Yule and Company, which is a public sector enterprise owned by the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. 

After the Ministry’s response got here in, Mr Banerjee issued an official assertion and mentioned that earlier than the Monsoon Session of the Parliament begun, they’d performed a survey among the many tea gardens employees of north Bengal, amongst many issues, non-functional creches have been sighted as one of many main issues by the employees. 

“Since Saturday morning our Trinamool Cha Bagan Shramik Union (TMC Tea Garden Workers Union) members have individually visited these creches and none of them are functioning. We made movies and brought pictures. How did they declare these to be working?” 

The movies which have been shared broadly present that homes that are often called the creche are largely closed or in dilapidated situation. Mr Banerjee accused that the creches which the federal government has referred to as an “working creche” isn’t even appropriate for “animals, not to mention people.” He mentioned that the creches talked about are higher suited as “cattle sheds.” 

On the opposite hand, the MP additionally highlighted that the West Bengal authorities and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have already determined to make creches for the tea backyard employees and the benefit of their kids. “We can even make creches within the 4 tea estates of the union authorities, however we would wish their No Objection Certificate,” Mr Banerjee added. 

Mr Banerjee then went to make clear the opposite plights of the tea backyard employees together with lack of a provident fund and irregular wage funds, and extra.