<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal today announced AYUSH Development packages for Manipur. Addressing a press conference in Imphal today, Mr Sonowal said that the Ministry of AYUSH has decided to construct fifteen AYUSH Dispensaries, seven 10 bedded hospitals and fifty Health and Wellness Centres in Manipur. He also said that Manipur is resourceful in medicinal plants and the AYUSH ministry has decided to develop sixteen nurseries in every district of the State and another hundred schools of herbal gardens.<br />'' <br />'' The Union Minister said that these schemes will inspire the people of Manipur to develop herbal gardens and medicinal plants. He said, It will create employment and a source of income for the people of Manipur.<br />'' <br />'' Mr Sonowal appealed to Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh and his cabinet colleagues to implement these AYUSH Schemes in a specific time frame and assured that his Ministry is ready to extend all possible support to the Manipur Government in the future. He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been giving special emphasis on the development of the North East Region including Manipur.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Mr Sonowal also inaugurated a fifty-bed Integrated AYUSH Hospital constructed at Moreh, the border town of Manipur through video conferencing. Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, Union Minister of State for Education and External Affairs Dr. R K Ranjan and others attended the inaugural program. Mr Sonowal reached Imphal yesterday on a two-day visit to Manipur. </span><br />