Q. In which State/UT, India’s highest herbal park has been inaugurated?
Answer:
Uttarakhand
Notes:
- India’s highest altitude herbal park situated at a height of 11,000 feet was inaugurated at Mana village close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.
- The research wing of Uttarakhand’s forest department has developed the park over three acres of land given by Mana Van panchayat, under the central government’s Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act (CAMPA), scheme.
- It has been developed in three years under central government's Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme.
- The herbal park has around 40 species found in high altitude alpine areas in the Indian Himalayan region.