NMC Tea Industry-Siddhapokhari Unit, is located 19 km from Fikkal town, on a tea covered plateau at an elevation of approximately 6,500 ft above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Ilam massif. The Ilam region has, for decades, been synonymous with the highest quality tea in a country known the world over for the excellence of its product. The Siddhapokhari Tea factory was selected for the project on account of the availability of green leaf from the highest elevations in the country.