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N Biren Singh arrives at the annual get-together of the Mao Youth and Students’ Organisation in Imphal on Saturday.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Imphal, Sep. 22 (EMN): A heritage Park having traditional houses of all the 33 recognised tribes of Manipur would be developed at an estimated cost of RINR 39 Cr. at Keibul Lamjao in Bishnupur district soon.
This was disclosed by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh while speaking at the annual get- together and freshers’ day of the Mao Youth and Students’ Organisation of Imphal at the Tribal Research Institute in Imphal on Saturday.
The chief minister said that the Union Tourism Ministry had approved the heritage park project and the state government had set a target to complete the project before next year’s Manipur Sangai festival.
Biren Singh also said that the Cherry Blossom festival at Mao would be held as part of Manipur Sangai festival, a ten-day annual tourism festival held in the last week of November from this year onwards.
Regarding Mao people’s desire to have an exclusive market for them in Imphal, the chief minister informed that he would definitely keep his promise made to Mao womenfolk.
Informing that women market shed being constructed at Senapati district headquarters would be inaugurated next month, he also admitted that the state had also decided to set up IIIT at Mayangkhang.
Public Health Engineering Minister L Dikho and Tribal Affairs and Hills Minister N Kayisii also spoke on the occasion wherein different cultural troupes presented colourful traditional dances and songs.
