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New Delhi : Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated ‘Ayush Van’, a dedicated forest for Ayurvedic plants at a programme held at the Deendayal Port Trust (DPT)– Rotary Forest, in Kandla city near Gandhidham in Gujarat on October 19, 2021.

The Ayush Van has been set up in 30 acres of land allotted by DPT in green-belt area where tree plantation is being done to improve greenery in urban area and increase density of tree cover in the Kutch region. Sonowal also planted a sapling on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister appreciated all stakeholders for developing the Ayush Van and highlighted the huge potential and benefits of medicinal plants of India. He also shed light on the works carried out by the Ministry of Ayush in realising the potential of India’s traditional systems of medicine, according to a PIB release.

“Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, Ayush has reached the global stage and is now becoming one of the major system of well being accepted globally,” Sonowal said.

Member of parliament from Kachchh Vinod Chavda, MLA Gandhidham Malti Maheshwari, officials and dignitaries were present on the occasion.