Darjeeling, Oct. 10 -- The Darjeeling tea industry has been severely affected as massive landslides and relentless rainfall have wreaked havoc across the Mirik region. Approximately 50,000 tea bushes across 20 hectares of plantation land were washed away in the incident.

"Never seen such a devastating situation before," said Thurbu Tea Garden manager as massive landslides devastated Darjeeling's Mirik tea industry

Suman Das, the manager of Thurbu Tea Garden, described the situation as one of the worst in his decades-long career. "The situation is pretty bad here... I have been in this industry for the last 25 years. But I have never seen such a devastating situation before," he said to ANI.

The manager further said that the damage come...