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Tripura Govt yet to utilize state's Tea friendly environment to boost economy: Sonowal announces 20 % bonus for workers in state-run tea gardens
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Tripura Govt yet to utilize state's Tea friendly environment to boost economy: Sonowal announces 20 % bonus for workers in state-run tea gardens
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GUWAHATI / AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): The Assam government has announced 20 per cent bonus to tea garden workers as a gift for the forthcoming Durga Puja festival. But the tradition of tea gardening in Tripura is almost on the verge of extinction due to Tripura Govt.’s negligence to Tea plantation, promoting other products as rubber. On the other hand Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said this on Thursday while adding that he has directed Industries and Commerce Department to dispense the payment of 20 per cent bonus to tea workers as their puja gift.The decision assumes significance as there has been growing dissatisfaction among the tea garden workers in different tea gardens across the state and most of them have been demanding release of 20 percent bonus for the Durga puja festival.However, the state government's decision to release 20 percent bonus will be applicable only to the 15 tea gardens under the state run Assam Tea Corporation Limited (ATCL). Most of the other private owned gardens are yet to announce the bonus this year.It may be mentioned here that Assam has over 800 small and large plantations and only 15 of them with over 16,000 workers spreading across the districts of Nagaon, Biswanath, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Karimganj are under the ATCL.

The gardens at present are undergoing massive facelift in nurseries, re-plantation and announcement of 20 percent bonus and the decision to release the amount in one go would surely serve as a morale booster for the workers.

It's worthy to mention here that tea plantation in Tripura was started under Royal Administration in the beginning of 20th Century. Tea Industry was started in Tripura by people of East Bengal unlike Assam where tea-plantation was started by British.

Tripura Tea Development Corporation was set up in 1980 for development of Tea Industry in the State. Subsequently, the management of five (5) sick Tea gardens was entrusted with the Corporation since 1986. The State Government has also declared T.T.D.C. as a nodal agency for growth of small farmers for tea plantation in the State. There is a Central Tea Processing Factory at Durgabari under the management of T.T.D.C.

The agro-climatic conditions in Tripura are suitable for development of tea plantation.

But due to the negligence of Tripura govt. the Govt tea gardens are left lifeless & the tea-friendly environment in state has remained non-utilized. 

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