Tea sellers in Guwahati face economic hardships due to Pandemic and Floods.

 Tea sellers in Guwahati face economic hardships due to pandemic and floods

Tea leaves sellers in Guwahati said that they are facing economic hardships as the sales have decreased due to the rise in prices owing to production shortfall amid COVID-19 pandemic and floods in the state.

“The rate of tea have become abnormal. Customers are not coming here. We are facing problems. The shortfall in tea production due to lockdown and floods has triggered the price rise. There is no tea variety available below Rs 250/kg in the market,” Dheeraj, a trader told ANI.

Another trader Prakash Sharma said, “Price has increased unexpectedly. Productions have been down due to flood and COVID-19 pandemic. The government should do something to help us.”