Weather is overcast and cloudy in Valparai. This has increased mosquito breeding in tea plants. Mosquitoes eat and destroy the buds of tea plants hence tea estate management is involved in spraying mosquito disinfectant in the tea plantations with modern machinery.
Coimbatore: Tea is grown on more than 50,000 acres of land in Valparai, Coimbatore district. It has been raining heavily for the past one week. It has been cloudy for the last two days. Due to this the weather is overcast and cloudy. This has increased mosquito breeding in tea plants. Mosquitoes eat and destroy the buds of tea plants. Thus the growth of tea plants is greatly reduced. Tea production is also affected due to this. With this in mind, the tea estate management is involved in spraying mosquito disinfectant is sprayed in the tea plantations with modern machinery. Workers are engaged in spraying three times a day, morning and evening.