The Bengal government plans to set up tea gardens at Ayodhya Hills in Purulia and produce crush-tear-curl (CTC) tea in the next five to six years. “We have taken up the initiative to set up tea gardens in Ayodhya Hills following instruction of chief minister Mamata Banerjee with an aim to generate livelihood of the local people. In Purulia the Ayodhya gram panchayat has planted the tea saplings on 20-acre land located on the slope of Ayodhya Hills under the 100-day job guarantee scheme. Sources said the government has procured the tea saplings from Assam and Darjeeling and has set a target to plant around 30,000 tea saplings in total. “It will generate opportunities for us and attract tourists,” said Akhil Singh Mura, an Ayodhya Hills resident.

Source: The Telegraph January 04, 2019 19:52 UTC