Allow us to enter Idukki district with ease: workers
The Hindu
Kerala officials make it cumbersome, they say
Demanding the Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments to help them permit to enter Idukki district, a large number of SUV drivers and workers employed in cardamom estates staged a demonstration in front of the office of Tahsildar at Uthamapalayam in Theni district on Tuesday. Following the COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown, they were rendered jobless for four months. Now that the restrictions have been eased, they were expecting to return to work, when the pandemic appeared to have declined and when workers were preparing to go to work, but they were not permitted to enter Idukki district by the Kerala government, they said.More Related News
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