Jalpaiguri: Allegations flew thick and fast about the death of a labourer at a closed tea garden due to the unavailability of ambulances in Alipurduar on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Sushil Ora. State opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief whip Manoj Tigga alleged. Adhikari took the health department to task over the death of the worker in the closed Dhekala Para tea garden in Alipurduar.
Tigga, MLA of Madarihat Birpara in Alipurduar, said that the labourer died without treatment in his area. He complained to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wandering around Jalpaiguri in Alipurduar, Darjeeling, but being indifferent towards the agonies of the tea garden residents.
Tigga alleged that the CM has never enquired about the workers of the closed tea gardens and their situation. Several tea gardens, including Ramjhora, Lanka Para, Dhekala Para, and Samsing in Alipurduar have been shut down, he said. "The CM, accompanied by 80 doctors attended her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee's wedding and stayed in an expensive house in Kurseong that cost Rs 1.2 lakhs. The poor worker died because he could not find an ambulance to be taken to the Birpara State General Hospital. I visited his house today and promised to stand by them. I simply had no words to express my condolences to his family," Tigga said.
