To develop World Herbal Forest in Morni at Haryana’s Panchkula district, the State Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar.
The World Herbal Forest will be developed over an area of about 53,000 acres of land with the technical and knowledge support of Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan.
The Chief Minister Manohar Lal, Patanjali’s Acharya Balkrishan and senior Cabinet Ministers were present during the signing of the MoU.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister said the World Herbal Forest would not only help in promotion of herbal and medicinal plants, but would also assist to promote forest tourism in the state. This herbal forest would bring Haryana on the world map where botanists and researchers from around the globe will visit, he said.
He said the land in Morni will remain either with local people or with the Forests Department. The people will also obtain new technique of cultivation. Apart from the conservation of existing plants, a variety of about 25,000 medicinal plants and herbs found in the country would be planted in this area. The forest will be divided in clusters for plantation, he added.
Manohar Lal said Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan will provide its expertise free of cost for developing the herbal forest and the Sansthan will identify plants, select suitable area for plantation, and provide scientific assistance.
Patanjali’s Acharya Balkrishan, while talking to the mediapersons said this is not a commercial tie between Patanjali and Forests department with signing of this MoU.
He added the Sansthan will only provide its scientific and technical support to develop Morni forest as herbal forest.
Out of the 4.5 lakh varieties of plants, our scientists and experts have identified about 60,000 medicinal and herbal varieties which are being documented. Patanjali has not taken any land from the Government for this ambitious project and our objective is only to develop the Morni forest as an attractive forest, he added.
Notably, Yoga Guru Ramdev, who is co-founder of Patanjali is Haryana’s brand ambassador for promotion of yoga and ayurveda.
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