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Siliguri: Announcing a series of development projects for North Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched Rs 500 crore project called "Chaa Sundari" to build pucca houses for all homeless workers in the 370 tea gardens of the state. Before the announcement, without taking names, she slammed the Centre for depriving the tea workers of their rights despite giving repeated assurances ahead of the last Lok Sabha polls. "Tea garden workers are deprived of their rights. As many as 2,641 and 1,053 houses will be built for tea garden workers in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri respectively. In Alipurduar, 730 houses will be built at Mujnai Tea Garden, 376 in Dheklapara, 351 in Torsa, 1184 in Lankapara and 562 at Red Bank Tea Garden..