Fears over Coronavirus: 20,000 tea workers go on work abstention in Sylhet
At least 20,000 workers of 27 tea gardens in Sylhet went on strike yesterday morning demanding suspension of work to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.
Raju Goala, president of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union in Sylhet, said the workers had been demanding suspension of work for the last few days fearing an outbreak of the virus in the tea gardens.
The workers abstained from work as they did not get any response from the authorities of the 27 tea gardens in the district, he said.
Raju hoped that the authorities would provide them with wages and ration during the strike.
The government on March 23 declared general holidays from March 26 to April 4, aiming to slow the spread of coronavirus. But production was not suspended in the 27 tea gardens.
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