KALLINE TEA ESTATE
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LOCATION: On the foothills of North Cachar hills. YEAR OF ACQUISITION: 1969 AREA UNDER TEA: 463 hectares GROSS YIELD: 2,298 kg/hectare FEATURES: The Tea Estate employs 965 permanent workers. In the harvesting season additional casual workers are employed. No children are employed in the Garden. The Estate is ISO 9002 certified. AFFORESTATION: For environmental ecology all fallow areas in the Kalline Estate have been brought under the cultivation of trees such as teak, kadam, shishom. WELFARE ACTIVITIES: The Garden provides for its workers and dependants free housing, fuel and subsidized cereals. The workers are provided with protective clothing during the monsoon and winter months. Education centres for teaching handicrafts are provided along with a hospital with medical care. From time to time religious and cultural functions are held in which both workers and executives participate. PRESENT EXECUTIVES: Mr. S. K. Sinha (Manager) Mr. J. S. Maloo (Chief Accountant) |
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