Dispur Takes Steps to End Small Tea Growers’ Woes

Dispur takes steps to end small tea growers’ woes

Staff Reporter GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has taken a slew of measures to various issues affecting the small tea growers, including their problem relating to the fixation of green leaf prices. The state has around 1.22 lakh small tea growers who have tea plantations on around 1.25 lakh hectares of land. In 2024, their production was 295 million kg of green leaf. The Department of Industries has initiated the process of forming Farmer-Produce…

Neglected botanical garden near Dibrugarh highlights Assam’s conservation crisis

Dibrugarh, June 5: As the world observes World Environment Day with renewed commitments to biodiversity conservation, a stark reminder of environmental neglect lies just 12 km from Dibrugarh city. The Jokai Botanical Garden & Eco-Tourism Park, once envisioned as a living showcase of Assam’s rich flora, has today become a symbol of institutional failure and administrative apathy. Located along the Mancotta–Khamtighat Road within the protected Jok…