Heavy rainfall has put tea gardens in WB under dwindling condition

Aug 02, 2019

Siliguri (WB), Aug 02 (ANI): Incessant rainfall has battered tea gardens in the Terai and the Dooars regions of West Bengal. Most of the tea gardens of the regions are rapidly losing their tea crops land. It is happening due to the havoc land erosion by the hilly rivers water flows. The rivers of the region are changing their direction rapidly. While speaking to ANI, a tea garden worker, Paratp Kujur said, “Regular work couldn't be done during rainfall, also some land got swept away in the heavy water flow". This year, it crossed its extreme level, when the region recorded its highest amount of rain at the end of the rainy season. Heavy rainfall led to the production of the tea falling by around 10-15 per cent in the first fortnight of July.