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Heavy rainfall and landslides in north Bengal are casting a shadow over the final phase of the tea growing season, with production feared to take a hit.
From Saturday night into Sunday, persistent rainfall wreaked havoc across the region, triggering landslides, flooding, and widespread damage to infrastructure in both the hills and plains. The death toll reported so far stands at 28.
Information from the tea belt is still trickling in, but industry officials say bushes have been lost in some gardens, and infrastructure has sustained damage. “The situation is severe,” said Sandeep Singhania, president of the Tea Association of
