The pre-monsoon heavy shower coupled with repeated hailstorms had badly impacted the tea industry here in the Barak Valley, as the Tea Association of India estimated a 50 percent crop loss.
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.