‘Ilame Sahar, Chiyabari Ramro, Tyahi Paryo Ghar Hamro’. It is a line of a song that popularised the relation between Ilam and tea garden. The song not only celebrates tea estates but also love. Ilam is known for its swathes of lush tea gardens that add to its natural beauty.

Everyone is curious about the beauty of tea estates in Ilam. But the tea estate run by the government is so poor that it contradicts the song now. Although other tea estates are not best in the district, the state of the government-run tea estate at district headquarters Ilam is saddening.

One is greeted with depleting shrubs of tea with no trimming, weeding nor new cultivation.

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