Incessant rainfall and hailstorms have resulted in a 50% crop loss in the tea sector of Barak Valley, Assam. Thousands of hectares of tea plantations have been damaged, leading to a decline in tea production.
A journalist posing as a labor department official saves an estate worker from a suicide attempt by persuading him to climb down from a high-tension power line tower near Valparai. The timely intervention of the journalist is praised by officials and estate workers for preventing the tragic incident.