11-30-2006, 02:58 AM
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Pioneer News Service | Shimla
The Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Department has decided to import 20,000 apple, cherry, pear and plum plants from the United States worth Rs 1 crore under the Tribal sub-plan category for Lahaul and Kinnaur districts.
This was revealed by Director, State Horticulture Department, C R Sharma, here on Wednesday.
Even last year, the State Government imported 18,000 apple plants and most of the were imported from the US.
However, <b>it is the for the first time pear, cherry and plum trees are being imported</b>.
The formalities for the import have been finalised and the plants are expected to reach the state in March. <b>They will then be taken to the farms in Lahaul and Kinnaur districts and distributed among the growers</b>.Â
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Pioneer News Service | Shimla
The Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Department has decided to import 20,000 apple, cherry, pear and plum plants from the United States worth Rs 1 crore under the Tribal sub-plan category for Lahaul and Kinnaur districts.
This was revealed by Director, State Horticulture Department, C R Sharma, here on Wednesday.
Even last year, the State Government imported 18,000 apple plants and most of the were imported from the US.
However, <b>it is the for the first time pear, cherry and plum trees are being imported</b>.
The formalities for the import have been finalised and the plants are expected to reach the state in March. <b>They will then be taken to the farms in Lahaul and Kinnaur districts and distributed among the growers</b>.Â
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