Manipur, Jan. 24 -- Chief Minister N Biren Singh has announced that every district in Manipur will be named after the fruits, which is special to that place.

Biren made the announcement during the consultative meeting-cum-technology exhibition called "CSIR Connect North East" held at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Branch Laboratory, Lampehpat, Imphal, on Friday.

"The state is bestowed with abundant natural resources. Every district has their own speciality in term of vegetables or fruits. To popularise their speciality and make use of it in sustainable way, the state government had taken up the initiative of naming the district in accordance with the type of speciality found in that place," Biren said.

The chief m...