GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and other stakeholders on ways to revamp ATC (Assam Tea Corporation) gardens.
The meeting observed that in the wake of difficulties in managing the tea gardens, ATC may lease out some of the tea gardens with retaining their ownership. The Chief Minister said that the if the groups that take the management of the tea gardens fail to disburse the dues and other entitlements of the tea workers, ATC will have the right to take over the management of the tea gardens.
The meeting also viewed that for leasing out tea gardens and to safeguard the pay structures and other entitlements of the tea workers, the government will constitute a three-member committee each for Barak and Brahmaputra valleys, a press release said.
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