`80 sustains generations!
22 November 2011
KURSEONG, 22 NOV: A washerman has been receiving Rs 80 as salary, the same amount his father received in post-Independence days. Mr Binda Baitha (66), a resident of Ujjarey Busty in Kurseong, gets Rs 80 as salary, which was earlier received by his father, Laxman Baitha, from the Castleton Tea estate in Kurseong. Mr Baitha said that during the British period his father used to work at the Castleton Tea estate in Kurseong. Later, he too got the same amount when he became an employee of the tea garden which was then owned by Mr Jayram and Mrs Dayarani. Even after the many decades Mr Baitha still receives Rs 80 a month as salary. He said: “I have asked the concerned officials several times to hike my salary but besides giving me assurances, they have not done anything.” sns
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