Ilam, Dec 5: Preparation is underway to bring the Tea Testing and Promotion Centre constructed at Kanyam of Suryodaya municipality-7 into operation.
The centre constructed at the investment of Rs 230 million of Koshi province government and Suryodaya municipality would come into operation from December 12.
Chief Minister of Koshi Province Hikmat Karki is scheduled to inaugurate the centre, said mayor Rana Bahadur Rai.
Rai shared, "This is the first tea research and promotion centre in the country. Tea testing would be conducted at the centre and physical infrastructures are ready for tea research. We believe that the centre will be a model for the nation, not only for Ilam. All types of studies related to tea including testing the taste and quality of tea will be conducted in the centre."
Any tea entrepreneur or tea inspector (tea specialist) across the world could examine the quality of tea in the centre, added Rai. The municipal has prepared a procedure for the operation of the centre.
Mayor Rai stated that tea testing would be conducted under municipal while Nepal Academy of Science and Technology would carry out research related activities.
Tea farmers here are excited with the news of the tea testing centre coming into operation in Ilam after around 160 years of commencement of tea cultivation in the country. (RSS)
