Darjeeling proposed TFA 15 August 2022
Darjeeling is a town in the Eastern Himalayas in India. On the slopes below Darjeeling tea is grown. Up those same slopes, trains ascend some 7,000 feet on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a World Heritage Site and a popular tourist experience. In the early 19th century much of India was ruled by the East India Company and Darjeeling was founded as a summer retreat; due to its elevation it was significantly cooler that the plains' cities. Thousands of labourers were recruited from the surrounding kingdoms to build the town and the railway, and to work in the tea plantations. The descendants of these labourers constitute the majority of Darjeeling's residents today and give the town a cosmopolitan ethnic mix. Many live in low-income neighbourhoods where water shortages are common and public transportation poor. The local economy is largely dependent on tourism and tea growing. The growth in tourism and badly planned urbanisation have both put stress on the region's fragile ecology. ( Full article...)
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Darjeeling proposed TFA 15 August 2022
Darjeeling is a town in the Eastern Himalayas in India. On the slopes below Darjeeling tea is grown. Up those same slopes, trains ascend some 7,000 feet on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a World Heritage Site and a popular tourist experience. In the early 19th century much of India was ruled by the East India Company and Darjeeling was founded as a summer retreat; due to its elevation it was significantly cooler that the plains' cities. Thousands of labourers were recruited from the surrounding kingdoms to build the town and the railway, and to work in the tea plantations. The descendants of these labourers constitute the majority of Darjeeling's residents today and give the town a cosmopolitan ethnic mix. Many live in low-income neighbourhoods where water shortages are common and public transportation poor. The local economy is largely dependent on tourism and tea growing. The growth in tourism and badly planned urbanisation have both put stress on the region's fragile ecology. ( Full article...)
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