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

Wali, part of Adivasi Indigenous community, carries water collected from a stream in Banagudi village in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A worker plucks tea leaves using a cutter at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A worker arranges native tree saplings at a nursery run by a restoration practitioner in Udhagamandalam in Nilgiris district, India, Friday, Sept. 27, 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)

An Indian giant squirrel rests on a tree branch in the tribal village of Banagudi in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Godwin Vasanth Bosco, a naturalist and restoration practitioner, passes through native trees planted by him 10 years ago 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)

E. Shekhar, left, and N Krishnan, who work for a restoration practitioner, water the native tree saplings and grasses after planting them at a site surrounded by tea estates, in Nilgiris district, India, Friday, Sept. 27, 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)

Nanjamma, right, part of Adivasi Indigenous community, spends time with children outside her house in Banagudi village, in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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

Workers harvest cabbage from a strip of land surrounded by large tea estates in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Motorists ride through the Shola-grassland forests or cloud forests in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 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)

Tea leaves are processed on a conveyer belt at a tea factory 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)

Tea workers disembark from a truck filled with sacks of tea leaves collected from an estate in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

The roots of tea plants are visible at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A strip of land where native grass species were replanted by a restoration practitioner is surrounded by large tea estates 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)