RANGPUR, July 28, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) Chairman Major
General Md Ashraful Islam has said the government is working relentlessly for
development of the emerging tea industry in Panchagarh region.
 
"An initiative has been taken to set up a tea auction center in Panchagarh
subject to the development of required infrastructures," he said while
addressing a workshop held at the conference of the Deputy Commissioner in
Panchagarh town this afternoon as the chief guest.
 
The Project Development Unit of BTB with assistance of Panchagarh district
administration organized the workshop titled "Plain Land Tea Industry: Past,
Present and Future" with stakeholders related to tea industry in the northern
region.

Deputy Commissioner of Panchagarh Md Jahurul Islam presided over the
workshop.

Senior Scientific Officer of BTB at its Panchagarh Regional Office Dr
Mohammad Shameem Al Mamun presented the keynote article titled "Tea Industry
of Plains: Past, Present and Future" in the event.

Director of the Project Development Unit of BTB at Srimangal Dr A K M Rafiqul
Haque elaborately discussed the plain land tea industry.
 
Superintendent of Police of Panchagarh Mohammad Yusuf Ali, Additional Deputy
Commissioner (General) Md. Azad Jahan, Chairman of Panchagarh Sadar Upazila
Parishad Md. Amirul Islam, Panchagarh Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md.
Masudul Haque, Development Officer of BTB at Panchagarh Md. Amir Hossain,
President of Small Tea Garden Owners' and Tea Traders' Association of
Bangladesh Md Amirul Haque Khokan, Managing Director of Greenfield Tea
Industries Limited in Thakurgaon Md Faizul Islam Hiru, chamber leaders, tea
growers, brokers and traders addressed.

The chief guest shed light on various steps and future plans of BTB for
development of the tea industry on plain lands in Panchagarh and adjoining
northern districts.

He emphasized on providing subsidized fertilizers to tea farmers in the
region and tea-leaf plucking machines on easy terms, imparting training to
tea farmers through Camellia Open Sky School and ensuring fair price of raw
tea leaves to farmers.
 
Earlier in the morning, the BTB Chairman visited the proposed 'Third Tea
Auction Center' at Dhakkamara area in Panchagarh and exchanged views with
stakeholders concerned.

Besides, he visited small scale tea plantations in Panchagarh.

The BTB Chairman also attended a training workshop on "Plucking, Fertilizer
Application and Insect Control Management in Tea Farming" organized by BTB
for 70 small tea farmers under the banner of "Camellia Open Sky School" at
Kazirhat village in Panchagarh Sadar Upazila as the chief guest.