Siliguri: More than 75 per cent of the bought-leaf factories in north Bengal have closed down because of acute shortage of tea leaves triggered by low rain and pest attacks during the time of first flush when the best quality brew is produced.
To tide over the crisis, BLF owners have sought government intervention.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/tea-scarcity-shuts-factories
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tea
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/horticulture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/siliguri
