'Raise your Voice' call given by PBKMS - Beginning of a campaign in South 24 Parganas

Kakdwip, Namkhana and Sagar take to social action initiatives to highlight pressing issues endemic to these regions of South 24 Parganas

Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity in association with Shramajivee Mahila Samity has organized a week long campaign in areas under the Kakdwip subdivision of the district of South 24 Parganas. Apart from the general demands on the public distribution system and the public works programme, the campaign will also focus on the rampant sale of illegal liquor and its impact on women and youth, the irregularities in distribution of the aid sanctioned for households affected by the super cyclone 'Amphan' and woes of the working class amidst the pandemic.

Deputations will be submitted to the concerned Block Development Officers as well as to the Officer-in-Charges of the police stations under the Sundarban Police District. The latter offices will be engaged with to highlight the issues faced by our members in negotiating the unregulated sale of alcohol in public spaces. We also plan to meet the Deputy Excise Collector of the Kakdwip range.    

Our members gathering in front of the block office in Namkhana

Women raising slogans before submission of a deputation in Namkhana

Our district leaders leading from the front with raised fists in Namkhana

Members banging on empty plates to highlight the inadequacy of the Public Distribution System in Namkhana

The President of Shramajivee Mahila Samity, Smt Namita Halder addressing the gathering in Namkhana: 

Women gathering before storming the liquor shops in their vicinity

Women in front of a liquor shop after forcing it to close down