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The seed-cracking shed has been very successful in its
operations, both this and the nursery having been
developed under MRiL.
There is a hospital with an OPD, looking after the
wellbeing of the workers. Health camps organised here
are open to the neighbouring villagers. in the recently held
Laparescopic Tubectomy Camp, 41 garden workers and
41 villagers were treated. Similarly, a total of 129 people
were screened and operated on for cataract during the
recent Eye Camp, of which 78 were garden workers and
the rest from the adjoining villages. Attabarrie has a
15-member Mothers’ Club formed in 1999. They create
awareness amongst the workers on sanitation, education,
ill effects of child marriage, gambling and drinking, and
also distribute iron tablets among pregnant workers in
the Lines.
Road Safety weeks are organised to impart knowledge
on this important issue to the workers and the villagers.
The management has played a leading role in creating
awareness about the environment,
focusing on pollution, segregation
of waste, and overall maintenance
of the ecosystem in the schools,
panchayats and labour lines.
Dustbins are strategically placed,
with different coloured bins for
biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. Signboards
prohibiting the felling of trees and hunting are displayed
prominently all around the estate.
The workers here are
mainly of the Hindu
faith, with a lesser
percentage of Christians.
The main temple, located
on the bank of the pond,
was built in 1996, the
total construction cost
being borne by the Attabarrie Division workers.
Attabarrie Shiv Temple