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Workers said they have been forced to cook on firewood stoves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<strong>The government gave me an LPG cylinder and stove, but I&#8217;ve no money for a refill, that&#8217;s why I have switched to firewood stove three months back<\/strong>,&#8221; a tea worker told media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tea workers from Jorhat said that the Assam government failed to deliver on the promise of increasing our daily wages from Rs 170 per day to Rs 300 per day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<strong>I couldn&#8217;t get my LPG cylinder refilled for the last year. I experience headaches after cooking on &#8216;Chulha&#8217; due to its smoke. But what else can I do? 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