Madurai forum appeals to T.N. govt to save Manjolai estate workers
The Samam Kudimakkal Iyakkam has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to provide a rehabilitation package for workers of the Manjolai Estate. The organization argues that the government has a moral responsibility to ensure the livelihood, housing, and education of these long-term workers.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing struggle for labor rights and social security for workers facing displacement in the plantation sector.
The Tamil Nadu government had not earmarked any funds exclusively for rehabilitation of the workers in the Manjolai Estate, which has been in the news for a couple of years, said Samam Kudimakkal Iyakkam State president C.J. Rajan here on Friday.
In a press release, he said that the workers in the estate had not been begging. It is their fundamental right. Despite struggles to establish their livelihood, nothing tangible had come in so far from the Union and the State governments.
The Manjolai estate had been in an imbroglio. The workers and their families had toiled in the locality for over four decades. Whether the eviction was being done as per the law or not, the governments had the moral responsibility to protect the workers, Mr. Rajan said and added that the Tamil Nadu government should announce a package, with which the livelihood of the workers would be assured.
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