India’s highest herbal park inaugurated near Indo-China border

India’s highest altitude herbal park was inaugurated at Mana village close to the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The herbal park is situated at a height of 11,000 feet.

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Mana village in Uttarakhand is the last Indian village in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to the famous Himalayan Temple of Badrinath.

The herbal park near the Indo-China border has around 40 species that are found in high-altitude alpine areas in the Himalayan region.

As per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the State biodiversity Board, many of the species in the Herbal Park are endangered and threatened. It includes many significant medicinal herbs also.