Ooty: Minister Ramachandran, who conducted a surprise inspection of cooperative tea factories, scolded the officials who procured substandard leaves. Forest Minister Ramachandran, yesterday, conducted a surprise inspection at the Nanjanadu cooperative tea factory near Ooty.
Shocked to see that in the production department, low-quality leaves such as stick, red and black leaves were purchased from the leaves stored in the ‘traps’, the minister said, ‘If this is the case, how can we pay the right price for tea? As, he scolded the officials.
Also, when asked about the price fixed for tea in July, the officials said, “10 rupees per kg”. He asked the farmers, who are already in economic crisis, what they are going to do by accepting this price. As the same situation was observed in the Italar Cooperative Tea Factory, he advised the officials to buy quality leaves.
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