Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group...
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Tea Campaign Update
Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens
• The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North Bengal (Jalpaiguri) as part of a fact finding mission.
• The Legal Advocacy Group stayed with the workers’ families in the gardens.
Article on Tea Published
• Two articles on the tea crisis written by volunteers
• One article published in the Times of India
• Posters and bookmarks designed by volunteers
Communication Group
• Communication group ready with a street play. Direction and Script writing by volunteer.
Legal Advocacy Group
• 15 members (law students) part of the group.
• Objective of the group is to take a critical look at violation of the rights of tea garden workers (particularly the violation on the minimum wage legislation by the employers)