RESEARCH Wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department has opened an ‘Aromatic Garden’ in Lalkuan, Nainital district. The garden that spread in the area of three acres, has around 140 different aromatic plant species. The project was initiated in the financial year 2018-19, as per approval of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) in June 2018. Speaking to ANI about the garden, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Chief Conservator of Forest (Research) said, “Objective of establishing of this aromatic garden is conservation of various aromatic species, to create awareness about these species, promote further research about these species and to link it with the livelihood of local people in future.

 

” The project has been funded under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme of the Central Government. Chaturvedi informed that Lalkuan was selected as the site because it is known for a “perpetual problem of foul smell due to the stench that comes from certain industrial units”.