Mist covers the tea estates over a thickly populated area in Udhagamandalam in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Tea leaves are processed on a conveyer belt at a tea factory in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Steam rises as tea leaves are processed on a conveyer belt at a tea factory in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Tea leaves are processed at a tea factory in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

R. Veeramani, a worker at a tea factory, holds up a bunch of leaves during the withering process in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Workers carry sacks of tea leaves before handing over to a contractor at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Workers pluck tea leaves using cutters at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Godwin Vasanth Bosco, a naturalist and restoration practitioner, jumps over a stream where he planted native trees 10 years ago, in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)