jalpaiguri management of the ramjhora tea estate located under lankapara gram panchayat in madarihaat declared a suspension of work in the garden on wednesday following some labour unrest sources said the labourers were upset about the poor management and low wages and stopped work a few days back after their repeated requests for wage revision failed to bear fruit garden authorities however said they had told the workers that implementation of new wages would take some time and had requested the latter not to stall work according to officials of the indian tea associations dooars chapter dbita the garden authorities did not implement the revised wages when it resumed operation in 2010 the garden had earlier got locked out on august 10 2002 and it was only in october 2010 that it reopened after eight years on tuesday evening there was a meeting between the management and the labour unions but nothing came out of that that perhaps instigated the garden management to issue a suspension of work notice said a dbita official he added that the labourers were not happy with the delay in wage revision and wanted it to be implemented immediately and thus stopped plucking tea leaves a few days ago however in the notice on work suspension it has been mentioned that services like drinking water medical assistance electricity and other basic amenities will not be hit though regular operations have been stopped it may be recalled that during the period from 2002 to 2010 when the garden was closed workers had suffered from starvation and malnutrition this time 906 labourers have been rendered jobless its a tough job to implement foodforwork schemes in the gardens as tea plantation act and panchayat act collide at many points it is therefore most of the workers become jobless once the garden is closed only some lucky ones manage work outside the garden in the dolomite factories and river beds in bhutan said birsa oraon a tea labourer