Palampur: The large-scale sale of tea gardens in Kangra valley has virtually become a big scam. It has posed a threat to the existence of tea industry.
The back door sale of tea gardens in connivance with revenue officials is going on unchecked and causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.
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Siliguri, April 3: The tea gardens in the Dooars are apprehending at least 10 per cent loss in its annual production of 160 million kg because of a drought-like situation in the region over the past six months.
Workers leave tea gardens for better NREGA wages More than 5,000 tea garden workers in Tripura have switched jobs in the past six months. They have found a better option in the works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2005, leaving a tea industry in crisis in their trail. Concerned about workers not reporting to tea estates, the Tea Association of India, a
Alipurduar, Feb. 20: The absence of rain during this winter has posed a threat to the tea industry in the Dooars.
Tea bushes have dried up because of scanty rainfall and insects have damaged the bushes. Experts apprehend that the first flush will not be available and second may be delayed for the dry weather.
For the tea industry, the wheel of fortune could be turning up, and this becomes a matter of great importance to the entire North east as well as southern India
