SINDHUPALCHOWK, Feb. 27 -- Everest Tea Garden is looking to resume production from mid-April after the earthquake of 2015 halted operations for three years. The company is in the process of getting its organic certification and environment impact assessment (EIA), said Mohan Giri, operator of the tea garden located at Melamchi municipality-2.

According to Giri, the garden produces high quality tea leaves and the company wants to get the organic certificate to promote their tea as such.

While the tea garden is spread across 1,500 ropanies of land, the tea leaves are grown on only 900 ropanies of land. The company produces 12 tonnes of tea worth Rs60 million.

The garden was first started by Som Prasad Gauchan back in 1996 with Giri takin...