As Trinamool, BJP reach out to workers of closed tea gardens, women-led cooperatives chart independent course

Basanti Naik, the widow of beverage plot idiosyncratic Gunjan Naik, who died successful June 2025 successful Garganda beverage plot of West Bengal’s Alipurduar district, survives solely connected nutrient grains provided nether her Antoday Anna Yojana (AAY) card.

The 51-year-old beverage plot idiosyncratic is excessively anemic to work. Wages astatine the garden, tally by the Merico Group, person been irregular. But officially, the plot is not closed, and workers bash not get immoderate assistance nether the Financial Assistance to the Workers of Locked Out Industries (FAWLOI) scheme, which workers of closed beverage gardens are entitled to. The lone currency Basanti Naik receives is ₹1,500 nether the West Bengal government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme.