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Astro-tourism takes off in Himachal, CM launches star gazing facility at Kaza

Shimla, July 7 (UNI) In a landmark initiative to promote Astro-tourism for community empowerment in the high-altitude cold desert of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today formally launched the stargazing facility at Kaza for local tribal community entrepreneurship.
The project is part of a programme under Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE) of Environment, Science Technology & Climate Change of Himachal Pradesh.
Sukhu distributed high-end computerised telescopes (Sky-Watcher BKDOB 8” Collapsible GOTO) to two local beneficiaries, while other beneficiaries joined the programme virtually.
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