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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

DC holds conducive meet to solve Narsingpur Tea Garden tangle

HAILAKANDI, May 26: A meeting between the management and the labourers of the trouble torn Narsingpur Tea Garden under Lala PS was held today under the initiative of the deputy commissioner Tapan Chandra Goswami in the DC’s Conference room to restore normalcy on the strained relation between the management and the workers.

The situation went out of control yesterday as the labourers boycotted works and gheraoed the manager’s office and indiscriminately pelted stones damaging the office and the factory.

Police rushed to the spot and lathi charged and fired on the air to bring the situation under control. Altogether seven persons including one police personnel were injured in the incident.

Although no solution was found in the meeting however the deputy commissioner urged upon both the parties to arrive on an amiable settlement and adjourned the meeting till May 28. THE SENTINEL

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