In
a bid to promote medicinal plantation in villages identified as Ganga Grams, a
meeting was organised by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and National
Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) in New Delhi today during which a booklet of
guidelines titled – ‘Home Herbal Garden’ was jointly released by DG, NMCG, Shri
UP Singh and Deputy CEO, National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Smt.
Padampriya Balakrishnan.
NMPB
in a presentation on ‘Medicinal Plants and its Role in Rejuvenation of Ganga
and Ganga Catchment Areas’ highlighted the plans and programmes for villages,
benefits of medicinal plants, selection of plants, the modality of taking up
the programme in villages identified for Ganga Grams and the role of Panchayati
Raj Institutions and Gram Panchayats. As part of the programme, NMPB would be
developing herbal gardens in identified Ganga Gram villages.
It
may be recalled that Ganga Gram initiative was taken under Namami Gange
programme last year to promote rural sanitation in villages located on the
banks of river Ganga with an aim to reduce the pollution load on the river from
these villages.
Speaking
on the occasion DG, NMCG, Shri UP Singh said “It is a very good initiative that
NMPB is taking up in Ganga Grams. I would urge all people from different villages
who have come here today to translate the programme in their own villages.”
Officials
and representatives from Panchayati Raj Institutions, State Programme
management Group (SPMG), State Medicinal Plant Board (SMPB), Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of
agriculture and farmers Welfare were also present on the occasion.
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