Overview

• Ritabrata Banerjee accused Minister Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma of misleading Parliament by listing five operational creches that his union found closed or in ruin
• Trinamool Cha Bagan Shramik Union members surveyed Karbala, New Dooars, Banarhat and Choonabhutti gardens on July 26–27 and documented videos and photos of unused crèche structures
• The contested facilities are managed by Andrew Yule and Company, a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Heavy Industries rather than directly by the central government
• The state labour department has offered to build modern crèches in the four estates pending a No Objection Certificate from Andrew Yule and Company
• Tea garden workers continue to press for relief from six months of unpaid wages and a frozen provident fund that compound neglect of their welfare infrastructure