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importance of education among the tea garden
community. The screenings at Bhooteachang were
immediately followed by changes, many of them taking
place overnight. The workers admitted themselves and
their children at the night school in Bhooteachang.
Workers like Line Chowkidar (watchman) Anmol Deka
signed up their whole family in the school. He says that it
is an opportunity that he would not want to miss. The
school is currently holding classes for around 100 people.
Saraswati Puja is celebrated by the teachers and students
of the estate’s LP school every year. Durga Puja and Kali
Puja are celebrated with great pomp by the whole estate,
although the latter has always been celebrated in January,
unlike in the rest of the country.
Sports and cultural activities are popular among the
workers, and the estate’s youth are very keen on sports
such as football, participating enthusiastically in inter-
Line and inter-garden tournaments, such as the
Bhooteachang Trophy, which is held with great fanfare.
Bhooteachang was awarded the Best Performance Award
for Mangaldai &Thakurbari Districts in 2010-11, and the
estate’s Management has always strived towards
implementing and achieving the concept of ‘Good
Governance’ for its workers and their families. Towards
this end, the Management encourages all the workers to
send their children to school; implements the principles
of Fair Treatment both at work and after hours; promotes
the concept of ‘Total Health Care’ by providing palliative
and preventative medical care for all; ensures that people
of every religion have the freedom to follow their own
customs; and, under the Company’s CSR initiatives,
makes sure that every adult resident has a means of
livelihood for basic sustenance.
We wish the team at Bhooteachang success in all their
endeavours.
(
With inputs from Mr A.P. Singh & Dr S. Bisswall)
10 July 2016
The Team (L to R): B. Pandey, J. Deka, N. Saikia, A. P. Singh (Manager), M.S. Rathore & Dr S. Bisswall