I-Indiya, ngomnye wabavelisi beeti eziphambili kwihlabathi, izama ukhenketho lweti ngenxa yomdla okhulayo oboniswa ngabakhenkethi ekutyeleleni amasimi eti nakwiifektri zeti. Ukuhamba ngesityalo seti esine-greenery ngeenxa zonke ngeeyure zokuqala zosuku ukubukela iqela labasetyhini balapha bekha amagqabi amabini kunye ne-bud ngokukhawuleza kwezandla zabo ezinamandla kwaye baziqokelele kwiibhasikithi ezibotshelelwe emagxeni abo ngumbono ophumeleleyo kubakhenkethi. Indiya ngoku ikhokelela ekunikeni iti-buffs kunye nabakhenkethi ukuqonda okungakumbi ngeti ngokulungiselela ukhenketho lweti kwiindawo ezinje nge-Assam, iDarjeeling (West Bengal), ibhanti leNilgiris eTamil Nadu, kunye neepokotho ezimbalwa eKerala naseKarnataka.
Ukhenketho lweti luchazwa njengokhenketho oluqhutywa ngumdla kwimbali, inkcubeko, izithethe kunye nokusetyenziswa kweti. Ii-bungalows zezindlu phakathi kweehektare ezitshisayo zamasimi etiyi aguqulwe ngoku aba yindawo yokuhlala yabakhenkethi. Ngaphandle kokuhlala nje phakathi kwegadi zeti, abakhenkethi beti basiwa kumzi-mveliso weti, apho bafumana amava okuba amagqabi aluhlaza aziswa njani kumzi-mveliso weti ukuze abune kumqolo wokuqengqeleka, wokoma kunye nokutshintsha, ukuhlelwa kunye nokupakishwa kunye kulandelwa iseshoni yokunambitha iti apho banokuthi baphungule iti ecikizekileyo elinywe kuloo ndawo.
Umbono weTi unyuka kwigadi yeti yase-Assam
I-Assam ikhokela kukhenketho lweti
Igama lokuqala elivelisa engqondweni ukhenketho lweti yi-Assam, owona mmandla mkhulu wokuvelisa iti e-India. Umnyhadala woKhenketho lweeTi we-Assam obanjelwa eJorhat minyaka le yinto enkulu kubakhenkethi. Ukuhlala kwi-bungalow yexesha lokuthala lendalo ye-rustic ine-charm yayo. Ikhaya eliya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwe-800 zeti kwiphondo, apho phakathi kobunewunewu nokuzola umntu anokubuyela umva ngexesha kwiintsuku zobuhle bobukoloniyali. I-B & A limited isebenza ngeendlela ezisixhenxe zomgangatho weti kwindawo enkulu yeti yaseIndiya ekhulayo e-Assam. IZiko lokuSebenza leeTi laseGuwahati, elinye lezona ndawo zixakekileyo zokurhweba ngeti kwihlabathi, yindawo ekungafuneki ukuba iphoswe. Ezinye zibandakanya i-Corramore Tea Estate, iTeloijan Tea Estate kunye neKhongea Tea Estate ngaphandle kwezinye.
Olunye uphuhliso oluphambili oluqhubekayo okwangoku kokhenketho olunobubele kwezona ndawo indala kunye nezona zikhulu zophando lwetiyi eTocklai (Assam), enezakhiwo apho umntu ngamnye anebali lakhe. U-AK Barooah, umlawuli we-Tea Research Association, uthe kutsha nje ukuba i-Tocklai Guest House, isakhiwo selifa lemveli, ibilikhaya labalimi beti base-Bhritane. Imyuziyam yeti izakwakhiwa nge diorama ezifanelekileyo, iimodeli kunye nemiboniso. Uthe uTocklai angadibana namanye amashishini okhenketho lweti afana neKaziranga Golf Resort (Bura Sahib bungalow), iBanyan Grove kunye neThengal Manor bungalow kwisithili saseJorhat, iMancotta chang bungalow kunye neChowkidingee chang bungalow ekumbindi wedolophu yaseDibrugarh. ”
I-West Bengal ikwakhona ngokukhawuleza ukufumana i-Assam ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho lweti. UMphathiswa oyiNtloko uMamata Banerjee kwinyanga ephelileyo wakhankanya ukuba urhulumente wakhe uzakuthathela ingqalelo ukhenketho lweti ukuze axhamle amasimi eeti kurhulumente.
Uye wathi, “Sabele ngaphezulu kwe-Rs. Iwaka lamawaka eerandi ngentlalontle yabasebenzi basegadini yeeyi ukusukela ngo-1,000. Ukhenketho lweti nalo luphantsi koqwalaselo lwethu.
Urhulumente wase-WB uvumela ihektare enye ukuba isetyenziselwe ukhenketho. Okwangoku kukho iigadi zeeyi ezisebenzayo ezingama-87 kwisithili saseDarjeeling esigubungela indawo edityanisiweyo emalunga ne-19,000 yeehektare eziphantsi kokutyalwa kweti. I-Darjeeling ejikelezwe ziigadi zeeyethi ezivelisa iti edume ngombala okhanyayo kunye nencasa yeDarjeeling inezithako ezifanelekileyo zokhenketho lweti. IMakaibari Tea Estate kunye neHomestay eKurseong, i-37 kms ukusuka eDarjeeling, yenye yeezitiya eziphambili ezivelisa igadi emhlabeni. Kummandla weDarjeeling yintlambo eyonwabileyo yeTea Estate, enye yezona gadi zeti ziphezulu emhlabeni. Iziza zexesha likaRaj ezikwezinye zezona ndawo zibalaseleyo eIndiya- ukuhla kweentaba zeHimalaya zeDarjeeling kunye neDooars kubakhenkethi. Eminye imimandla edumileyo ibandakanya iGlenburn Tea Estate, Sourenee Tea Estate, Singtom Tea Estate and Resort, Ambootia Tea Garden, Barnesbeg Tea Estate kunye neCastleton Tea Estate phakathi kwabanye. IGoodricke Group Ltd. ibonelela ngamathuba okhenketho kwelinye lamasimi eeti eDarjeeling apho inegadi ezintlanu.
UMzantsi Indiya nawo ubamba ngokukhawuleza
Ngaphandle kwebhande laseNyakatho-mpuma, emazantsi yiTamil Nadu elikhaya kwezinye zeebhanti ezinkulu ezikhulisa iti kweli lizwe. INilgiris eTamil Nadu sesona sithili sikhulu sivelisa iti eMzantsi India, kwaye iti yayo idume ngevumba layo kunye nencasa. Nge-Tamil Nadu evelisa i-65% yeti eMzantsi India ethatha indawo engama-65,000 eehektare, indawo yaseNilgiris ibonelela ngendawo enkulu kukhenketho lweti. IValparai, isikhululo senduli esime malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka eCoimbatore, sigcwele amasimi eti. IBillimalai Tea Estate eGlendale, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 ukusuka eCoonoor, yindawo efanelekileyo yokufumana indlela eyenziwa ngayo iti.
I-Munnar e-Kerala yi-rustic belle yezikhululo zeenduli apho iihektare kunye neehektare zamasimi eti zizonwabisa ngamehlo. Ukutyelelwa kwiMyuziyam yokuqala yeti eNallathanni Estate kuyacetyiswa kakhulu kuyo, kubalisa ngembali yemveliso yeti kule ngingqi. Ukutyalwa kweTi eKundala eMnnar kunika abakhenkethi inkqubo yokwenza iti ngokweenkcukacha. Indawo yokugcina iti apha ilikhaya elihlaziyiweyo lesitayile se-colonial bungalows phakathi kweefy misty mist. Kuthathelwa ingqalelo eyona ndawo iphakamileyo yokutyala iti emhlabeni, iKolkumkumalai, kufutshane naseMnnar, yaziwa ngokulondolozwa kwelifa laseBritane ekwenzeni iti kumzi-mveliso apha. IWayanad kwisithili saseKalpatta ivelisa isixa esikhulu seti enegadi eluhlaza eluhlaza iti ngumthendeleko wamehlo abuhlungu. I-Wayanad Tea County phakathi kwendawo entle yehektare ezingama-395, iindawo ezininzi zokujonga iindawo, kunye neendlela zokuhamba yindlela ebhetele.
EKarnataka, eCoorg, naseBaba Budan Hills eChickmagalur yimimandla evelisa iti, kodwa ukhenketho lweti alukabanjwa apha.
