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Deficient rainfall and severe heat have dealt a double blow for the tea crop in Assam and West Bengal this year.
According to a crop summary from various districts of Assam and West Bengal for May 2012 provided by the Indian Tea Association, the crop is coming forward slower than usual.
The tea crop in upper, central and lower Assam has been hit by excessive heat and dry weather. The ongoing drought conditions reflect weak prospects for the crop this month, the crop summary said.
In certain districts of Assam, including Cachar and Karimganj, however, the crop has been good due to seasonable weather. Rainfall has also been much above normal, improving the prospects for a good crop.
In West Bengal, while there were no reports available from the Central Dooars, Terai and Darjeeling districts, the crop has been poor in eastern and western Dooars.
“The weather has been unseasonable and rainfall deficient so far in Kalchini in the Eastern Dooars. Crop prospects look bad,” the summary said.
In Western Dooars, the tea crop will be lower by 10-20 per cent this year as compared with last year.
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