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Amid heavy production loss, rains to add to tea companies' woes

Tea estates in Assam and West Bengal, after closure for three weeks during lockdown, resumed operations from April, 12, 2020 with partial manpower utilisation

Tea garden workers follow social distancing guidelines while working in a tea estate, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, on the outskirts of Dharmanagar in Tripura. Photo: PTI

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Farmers pluck flowers in an orchard during ongoing COVID lockdown in Nadia district. Photo: PTI

3 min read Last Updated : May 26 2020 | 6:31 PM IST

At a time when tea companies were just starting to recover from a Rs 2100 crore loss owing to production shortage because of the lockdown and other Covid-19 related disruptions, rains and floods are poised to aggravate the situation further thereby deepening the revenue loss.

Over the course of the next few days, heavy rains and flood alerts have been issued in Assam and West Bengal, the major tea producing belt in the country. The rains and floods are expected to destroy around 10 million kg (mkg) of crop. At last year’s auction prices, 10 mkg loss would translate into

Topics : tea markets Tea board of India Tea prices Tea production Tea producers

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