India, Feb. 7 -- Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals theworker and his wife had no access to food under the public distribution system

A 58-year-old Adivasi worker from north Bengal's tea gardens has allegedly died of prolonged starvation after failing to procure food from the government and allowance from the tea estate he worked with, according to activists.

The deceased, identified as Dhani Oraon of Kalchini block in Alipurduar district, was on the rolls of (PF No. WB/889/2514) Madhu Tea Garden. He died on February 2, 2024.

A fact-finding team composed of Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity or PBCMS (an independent trade union of tea garden workers) members, representatives from the Right to Food and Wor...