Why Bengal failed to pay salaries to tea workers, but Assam managed to

[Tea Plantation Workers - Related News]

West Bengal and Assam are of similar size. Assam has 792 tea estates in comparison with the 295 gardens in Bengal's adjacent three districts in the North. The remoteness and logistical challenges in Assam are greater than in Bengal. Yet, post-demonetisation, Assam paid November wages (weekly, fortnightly and monthly) to twice the size of workers while Bengal suffered. For the majority of the workforce, wage payment was delayed by nearly a fortnight. And, workers in some 25 odd gardens didn't get that too.