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Gorakhpur looks ready to get her first Aarogya van spread over 2,800 m² in the heart of the city, according to TNN. Also from July 7, the forest service will start planting medicinal plants., according to Divisional Forestry Officer, Gorakhpur Division Avinash Kumar.
Faced with the Covid pandemic and other health challenges, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave us the idea to develop a drug forest so that people can be educated on the benefits and use of medicinal plants and also on the protection of the environment, he said.
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With the help of the district administration, we obtained government land for this purpose also in the middle of the city, he added.
300 medicinal plants to come
The land is next to DDU Gorakhpur University and the plan is to plant 300 medicinal trees such as Neem, Amla and Moringa as well as 2000 medicinal herbs like Tulsi, Mint, Giloy, said DFO. Signs showing the benefits and uses of medicinal plants and trees will be installed so that visitors can see the plants and trees and also know how to benefit from them, Kumar said.
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Anyone wishing to purchase such plants and trees can contact the Contact Forest Service Nursery, he continued.
It is a good initiative and certainly a step in the right direction.
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