date:Jun 28, 2020
by trucks from the Panitanki transit point in Darjeeling are not finding as friendly a reception in Nepalese markets as earlier. Bengals farmers, though a tad disappointed initially, now say they would rather bear the slump in business than swallow the insult meted out to their country.
Badal Sarkar, a pineapple grower whose six-acre farm in Darjeeling district yields a bumper crop every year, says he is staring at a loss of Rs 800,000-1 mln (9,600-12,000) this year. What can I do when Nepal i