Haldwani, July 14 -- The first Gallery of Geographical Indicators (GI) products of Uttarakhand has been established in Haldwani, Uttarakhand Forest Training Academy (FTA).

Established with a view to showcase extremely rich agro-biodiversity, traditional crafts, and cultural heritage of the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand and also to increase awareness of the general public, trainees and dignitaries visiting the Academy.

The entire endeavour took around three months during which all these items were collected from remote areas of the state, and some of these being perishable items, like Bedu, Ramnagar Lichee and Ramgarh Aadu, had to be preserved.

Uttarakhand has more than 30 GI-tagged products -primarily in agriculture, handicrafts, food...