Guwahati's tea auction house plans a museum and a planter's bust
GTAC's governing body reviewed a tea museum, visitor facilities, and a Maniram Dewan bust, alongside routine warehousing and export housekeeping.
The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre is to be developed as a tea tourism hub, with a tea museum and better visitor facilities among five projects reviewed by the Assam government.
Chief Secretary Ravi Kota chaired a Governing Body meeting of GTAC on 12 August, India Today NE and Sentinel Assam reported. Five projects were reviewed under the tourism plan. A bust of Maniram Dewan, the first Indian tea planter, is also slated for unveiling.
Warehousing rules, auction hall upgrades, and tea-testing standards were also reviewed, along with routine steps to raise auction volume and exports.
Kota directed officials and stakeholders to implement the initiatives "in a coordinated and time-bound manner," and said the aim was to make GTAC a "modern and globally competitive platform for Assam tea."
No timeline was reported for the museum or the unveiling, and nothing has been announced about what either will hold.
Sources: India Today NE, Assam Chief Secretary reviews roadmap to make Guwahati Tea Auction Centre globally competitive1; Sentinel Assam, Assam Moves to Strengthen Guwahati Tea Auction Centre as Global Tea Trading Hub2.