Today, around 850kg of tea was produced at the factory of Nagaisuree Tea Estate.
"As we had said earlier, the management is keen on reviving the
gardens and normalising production and other activities. Work has
started in Kilkott, Bagracote and Nagaisuree gardens," C.P. Kapoor, the
superintending manager who looks after the three estates, said.
"In all three gardens, plucking started yesterday and today, we
started production at the Nagaisuree factory. Around 850kg of tea was
processed today. As of now, tea leaves plucked in the three gardens are
being assembled at Nagaisuree and processed there. As the factories in
Bagracote and Kilkott were non-operational for some time, some
maintenance work is on. It would be completed shortly."
Kapoor said the management was taking steps according to the
agreement made on January 22, 2016. "We have cleared a portion of dues
in two installments. The third would be paid shortly. In the three
gardens, around 2,200 workers have joined work and some more who are
outside the garden or otherwise occupied, will join soon," he said.
Duncans had agreed to start clearing the dues from January 31 and
regularising activities in all its 14 tea estates from February first
week.
"Process of normalising activities has begun in Gungaram, the only
estate of Duncans in the Terai, and two estates in Darjeeling," a source
said.(TT)
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