Chennai, July 26(UNI) The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, the largest producer of tea in South India, has witnessed an unprecedented increase in production after heavy rainfall. While the production of tea from January 2021 to June 2021 was 7.88 million kg, the production in the first half of the current year touched 8.36 million kg. This is 6.9 percent more than the production in 2021 during the same period and tea experts and estate owners attribute the increase to the high rainfall that the district has been receiving this year so far.
The United Planters Association of South India (UPASI), the largest body of tea production companies in South India, has said that the high production of tea is mainly due to the increase in rain. K.P. Udayabhanu, the vice president of the organization, while speaking to media persons said that there is a 14.29 percent increase in production when compared to the average production in the last five years. The planters, according to the office bearers of UPASI.
