Alipurduar MLA Pitches Medicinal Plants in Closed Tea Gardens

In a part of India called the Dooars, many tea gardens have stopped working.

A leader named Paritosh Das had an idea to use these empty gardens.

He wants to grow special medicinal plants there, which are used to make natural medicines.

These plants already grow wild in the closed gardens, so they could be collected and sold.

He sent his plan to the government office that takes care of traditional medicine.

If it works, tea workers who lost their jobs could get new ones.

The government could also earn more money from this.

Many people like the idea, but workers' unions want everyone to talk about it first before starting.

Experts think a special government board could help make the plan work.