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States » EastPosted at: Jun 3 2019 5:52PM


Orchidarium at Shillong

Shillong, Jun 3 (UNI) While several parts of the country are reeling under severe heat wave with temperatures crossing 50 degrees Celsius, a large number of tourists from across the country are moving to various hill stations.
This being the time of school and college holidays, lakhs of tourists are visiting the North Eastern states, including Meghalaya, to enjoy the beauty of this hill state, famous for Sohra, known for one of the highest rainfall in the world.
Taking advantage of the huge tourist rush, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), an autonomous institute of Department of Biotechnology, has opened its state of the art orchidarium to the public in its Upper Shillong campus in Meghalaya, where the maximum temperature is between 15-20 degrees Centigrade.
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