During March, the crop was down by 43 per cent, he said.According to ITA, the surge in the import of tea from Nepal in the last few years had adversely affected the viability of the Darjeeling tea industry.
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Darjeeling, known as the 'Champagne of tea', is suffering from a four-month-long drought affecting the production of tea plucked in season (first flush) | BLiTZ