Chandpur Belgaon Tea Garden, Tea garden in Banshkhali Upazila, Bangladesh.
Chandpur Belgaon Tea Garden covers about 3,472.53 acres in the hilly area of Pukuría Union, Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District. Tea leaves are grown, stored and sold on roughly 700 acres, and about 700 men and women work in the garden. It is also known as Ku Tea Garden after the zamindar family of Rai Bahadur.
Local accounts say the British started the garden in 1912 under a manager named Higgin, though no documentary proof of its founding has been found. After the 1947 partition it suffered from absent ownership and mismanagement, and much of its land passed into illegal occupation by local residents. It remained with the zamindar Rai Bahadur until 1965; because he was born into a Ku family, it was earlier known as Ku Tea Garden. It is now run by City Group.
The garden was long known locally as Ku Tea Garden, after the Ku family of the zamindar Rai Bahadur, who owned it until 1965. Around 700 workers, women and men, handle the leaf from plucking through to marketing. The garden is run today by the City Group.
The garden covers about 3,472.53 acres in the hilly area of Pukuría Union, Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District, with tea grown on roughly 700 acres. Around 700 men and women workers handle everything from plucking to marketing. The garden is managed by City Group; the source gives no visitor facilities, opening times or guided tours.
The garden was formerly known as Ku Tea Garden after its owner, zamindar Rai Bahadur, who was born into a Ku family. It was managed by a man named Higgins when the British started it, according to local accounts. Today it is run by City Group.
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