IMPHAL, April 21: The
first ever State-level Ginger
Festival-cum-Business Summit,
which was inaugurated at
Parbung in Pherzawl District
on Friday, concluded today.
Cultural show, products
exhibition, seminar, workshop,
musical nights, etc.,
were the highlights of the
two-day festival.
Chief Minister N Biren
Singh, Power Minister Th
Biswajit, Forest and Horticulture
Minister Th Shyamkumar,
Manipur Tribal Development
Corporation
(MTDC) Chairman and
Thanlon MLA Vungzagin
Valte, Chief Secretary Dr J
Suresh Babu and other highranking
officials of the State
Government also attended the inaugural function.
In his speech on Friday, the
Chief Minister announced that
a ginger processing unit with
a solar drier system and packaging
facility would be set up
at Parbung as his Government
has earmarked Rs 75 lakh for
ginger farming on 200 hectares
of land under Mission
Organic in the area. A sum of
Rs 10 crore has been earmarked
to construct cold storages
at 13 places in the State.
Forest and Horticulture
Minister Th Shyamkumar
said that the Horticulture and
Soil Conservation Department
has been working
closely and in better coordination
with the people of different
districts under the
new Government. - Assam Tribune
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