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NETA urges Assam government to organize vaccination camps in tea estates

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has appealed to the Government of Assam to urgently organize vaccination camps in tea estates.

Sentinel Digital Desk

GOLAGHAT: The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has appealed to the Government of Assam to urgently organize vaccination camps in tea estates. In a letter to the Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Samir Kumar Sinha, and separate letters to all deputy commissioners, NETA has urged them to protect the tea garden population from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic by way of organizing vaccination camps urgently in tea gardens. Two tea estates in the Dibrugarh district has been declared a containment zone recently. Last year tea gardens did not face such a problem as this year. Therefore, before things go beyond control, setting up vaccination camps in tea gardens are of utmost importance at this hour. Through a release, the NETA has assured to fully co-operate with the Government in organizing the vaccination camps.