West Bengal government has called a meeting on May 10 with stakeholders of the industry, factories, tea gardens to ensure the protection of workers from the pandemic and continuity of business due to the raging second wave of Covid pandemic, sources said.The state government has restricted the number of the workforce at a time to 50 per cent including in tea gardens.
But, in the case of the jute mills, the number of workers in a single shift had been reduced further to 30 per cent."A virtual meeting will be held on May 10 which will be presided by the principal secretary of the Labour Department to ensure the protection of workers in industries, factories, mills, manufacturing units and tea gardens, from the current Covid pandemic and.