The root of the problem, according to industry officials, is the sudden stoppage of lines of credit to tea plantation companies.
Tea estates across Assam and West Bengal, which were hitherto closed owing to the lockdown, opened in April.
A 14-member delegation of the Indian tea industry would leave on Saturday for a five-day business trip to Pakistan via Dubai.
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