The Hindu·3 min read·medium
A first in Kerala: Munnar tea company uses drones to move harvested leaves
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Sandeep Vellaram
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Harrisons Malayalam Limited has successfully trialed the use of drones to transport harvested tea leaves at the Lockhart Estate in Munnar. This technological shift aims to reduce fuel costs, mitigate labor shortages, and improve logistics efficiency in the plantation sector.
In a significant technological step forward for the plantation sector, and in a first, a tea company has begun using drone-based transport to move freshly harvested green leaves from tea fields to weighment centres and processing factories in Kerala’s Idukki.
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