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Traditional Medicine centre likely by year-end

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SHILLONG, Feb 7: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) is targeting to inaugurate the Traditional Medicine Institute at Lum Sohpetbneng within this year.
“95 per cent of the work on this project has been completed. We are targeting to inaugurate this institute within this year,” KHADC CEM, Titossarwell Chyne, told a group of reporters here on Monday.
Sanctioned by Centre, the overall cost of the project is Rs 5.77 crore.
Meanwhile, Chyne informed that the traditional practitioners have come forward to register with the Council under the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Protection and Promotion of Khasi Traditional Medicine) Act, 2011.
“As of today, more than 100 traditional practitioners have registered with the Council. We are expecting that there will be more who will come forward to register,” the KHADC CEM said.
According to him, the traditional practitioners who have registered will be recognised by an Act passed by the Council. “We are also planning to seek support from the Centre to provide financial support to these traditional practitioners,” Chyne said.
He also informed that the Executive Committee (EC) of the KHADC had reconstituted the Khasi Traditional Medicine Commission under his chairmanship.

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