, May 3 -- Tea workers in Sylhet threatened to block Sylhet Airport road on Sunday, to press home their 11-point demand including payment of their dues.

Some 2500 workers along with their families will block the road on Sunday as the authorities did not pay their wages for 20 weeks, said Shohagh Satri, general member of Tea Workers and Tea Garden Protection Committee said on Friday.

Ranjit Nayek Ranju, convener of the committee, announced the road-blockade programme on Friday evening and threatened to go for tougher movement until their dues are paid.

Regular ration, increase of their wages following the government rules,access to safe drinking water and sanitation for all tea workers and stopping the embezzlement of Provident Fund con...