The Effects of Human Rights of the Tea Plantation Workers: A study on Hamidia Tea Estate, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abstract

What are the indicators of human rights acts and regulations that affect tea garden workers? The aim of this article is to explain the state of human rights of tea plantation workers, as often described as pathetic, but no concerted effort has yet been undertaken to promote the human rights condition as a whole in the tea plantation areas of Sylhet. The first tea garden was established in 1854 at Malnichhara in Sylhet. Sylhet is a place of tea gardens. Two other tea gardens, Lalchand and Matiranga, were established in 1860. Tea production in Sylhet increased with notable rapid growth. There are about three hundred thousand people working there, and 75% of the workers are female. Human rights are the fundamental rights in a democratic country. Every nation of the world must be active for the human rights of all citizens. In this study, it is highlighted the concept of human rights initially. Human rights-related laws are constructed for all workers. In a third-world country like Bangladesh, bottom-level workers face numerous problems and find themselves in a slavery place, which creates a big gap between the owner and workers' relations. In the earlier stage, workers led their lives with a miserable level of slavery. Tea is the most preferred beverage by millions of people across the whole world. Sometimes it is difficult to find available secondary sources.