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The management of Puttabong Tukvar Tea Estate, about 12km from Darjeeling town, today announced suspension of work citing non-compliance of work hours by the workers, leading to unnecessary problems in production. Meanwhile, the workers and trade unions maintain that the working period required by the management was not feasible for them. Darjeeling Tea Association principal advisor Sandeep Mukherjee said, "The Tukvar tea garden management today served a notice of suspension of work in the garden stating the workers were not adhering to the norms and work timings laid out. Many workers did not report for work on March 29 and they gherao-ed the management the following day. All this is leading to a considerable financial loss for the estate."
