Tea estates, Munnar

Photograph by Pulok Pattanayak

Munnar is a small town located at 10°09′N 77°06′E of the southern state of Kerala in India. The name is most often used to refer to the whole tourist area, of which the town forms a part. It is a very scenic tourist destination in Southern India. It is very famous for its tea plantations.

The territory of Munnar is almost entirely occupied by tea estates and thick forest cover. Most of the people work in tea estates. The majority of the latter (approximatively 27/30) are owned by Tata Tea, one of the Tata Group of companies. The entire area is known as the Kannan Devan Hills, from which the famous brand of the Tatas gets its name. In April 2005, the Tata Group decided to divest its holding in the Munnar tea plantations, after which the employees purchased the plantations and are now running the same as Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited.

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