<P> A Himalayan Gamma Ray Observatory (HiGRO) is being set up at Hanle in collaboration with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai . This is currently in the advanced stage of commissioning and is expected to be functional by 2018 . </P> <P> Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment Telescope (MACE) was expected to be set up here by December 2012 . The Experiment expects to have a 21 - meter collector which can collect gamma rays from space . The effort to establish the facility is led by Bhaba Atomic Research Center in collaboration with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata . The facility is estimated to cost Rs. 400 million . Once completed it will be the only such facility in the eastern hemisphere . As of June 2014 the telescope has been fabricated by the Electronics Corporation of India and is being installed at the IAO . Once installed, this Telescope will be the second largest gamma ray telescope in the world and the world's largest telescope at the highest altitude . </P>

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