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Meghalaya’s Chigitchakgre declared Bee village

Tura (Meghalaya), Nov 28 (UNI) Chigitchakgre, a scenic hamlet under the Gambegre Block in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district, known for its exotic flowers and bumbling bees, was on Tuesday declared as a ‘Bee Village’ under Apiculture Mission 2.0 by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma during a function at the village playground.
Addressing the gathering, Sangma said that people of the State, especially in the villages take up different activities for livelihood and the government in the last few years has been supporting these activities through different mission programs.
He informed that the objective of declaring villages as ‘Bee Villages’ is a specific program under the Apiculture Mission to help bee farmers through assistance.
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