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As the monsoon clouds roll in and blanket the hills with mist and magic, India’s tea gardens transform into lush, emerald ...
Tanti lives and works at Letekujan, a tea plantation in Jorhat district in Assam, North East India. To get treatment, he travelled to Jorhat city – about 23 km away from Letekujan.
Opposition leader Debabrata Saikia has formally approached the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, warning that the ...
The story of Assam Tea began in 1823 along the banks of the Brahmaputra River. From colonial plantations to kitchen cupboards ...
Police in Assam say young girls from tea plantations are easy targets. They live in poverty, have very little education, and their parents are often saddled with debt.
The Birth of Assam’s Tea Industry. The first attempts to establish tea plantations in Assam were made in the early 19th century when the British East India Company aimed at ending China’s ...
Silchar: Assam-based NGO Forum for Social Harmony has submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister, urging the relocation of ...
Kushal Konwar Sarma, noted elephant veterinarian and veteran conservationist, explained that vast swathes of forests were alienated for tea plantations in 19th century Assam under the then British ...
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had a meeting for the fixation of minimum wages for tea plantation workers with the stakeholders on August 10 where it was decided to hike the wages of all ...
Police in Assam say young girls from tea plantations are easy targets. They live in poverty, have very little education, and their parents are often saddled with debt.