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Venomous Snakebites, An Occupational Hazard For Assam’s Women Tea Workers

By Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya  Pahi Bhumij shudders to recall that day, and says she is grateful to have escaped death. On May 5, as part of her routine, Bhumji went to work in a tea garden adjacent to her village in Assam’s Sivasagar district. The   16-year-old had been employed as a temporary tea plucker. In the […]