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DIBRUGARH: The All Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) on Tuesday staged a human chain protest at Tingrai in Dibrugarh over the government's decision to acquire 2,500 bighas of land of Dolu Tea Estate in Cachar district for construction of greenfield airport. The protest programme was organised by the Tingrai branch of ATTSA. The protesters holding banners and posters participated in the protest.
"The land acquisition process has created chaos and confusion among the poor tea garden workers, who are associated with the tea garden. The future of 3000 workers are in bleak," said a leader of ATTSA.
He said, "Why the leaders of BJP who represent the tea tribe community are silent after the injustice on the tea tribe community. The workers who are associated with the tea garden will become jobless." Since after the government started uprooting the tea bushes in Dolu Tea Estate, people were seen protesting against the government's inaction.
"Already lakhs of tea bushes have been uprooted with bulldozers to clear the tea garden for constructing the greenfield airport. We are not against development but the tea industry has been the backbone of Assam's economy. Through its act, the government has destroyed the livelihood of thousands of tea workers. We strongly oppose it and urged the government to stop anti-workers stand," said another ATTSA leader.
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