Dibrugarh, March 20

Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, McLeod Russel India Ltd., the largest tea producer in the world, launched several eye screening camps in and around its tea estates and in collaboration with Sankaradeva Nethralaya helped over one thousand people to undergo cataract surgery

The tea producing giant owns 49 tea estates in Assam and 6 in the Dooars region and directly employs about 80,000 people.

Furthermore, in association with the government, the tea company has carried out rectification of facial deformities, such as, cleft lips and palates. Activities for the disabled and promotion of vocational training for women and youth are also planned under the CSR programme.