Chief Minister Chouhan plants Maulshree, Peepal and Saptaparni saplings in Smart Park and Hamidia Hospital premises
Saturday - January 1, 2022 12:05 am ,
Category : BHOPAL
Bhopal 31 December 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today planted Maulshree and Peepal saplings in Smart Park located in Shyamala Hills. Along with Chief Minister Chouhan, members of Kunjal Welfare Society RN Patil, Smt. Prabha Gaur, Shailesh Kumar, Sushri Kunjal, Sushri Priyal also planted saplings and informed about the activities of the organisation. Under skill upgradation and training activities in the state, more than five thousand women have been given skills to prepare paper bags, envelopes, file folders. Samples of some products were also presented to Chief Minister Chouhan.
During the inspection of Hamidia Hospital, Chief Minister Chouhan also planted Saptaparni plant in the hospital premises.
Importance of plants
Moulshree is also called Kesava in Sanskrit, Molsari or Bakool in Hindi. It is a medicinal tree, which has been used in Ayurveda for centuries.
Peepal is a shady tree. It purifies the environment. It has religious and Ayurvedic significance. According to natural science, the Peepal tree releases oxygen both day and night, which is important for the environment. Apart from this, Peepal tree is also called Akshaya tree because this tree is never devoid of leaves.
Saptaparni plant is an evergreen medicinal tree, which has great importance in Ayurveda. This medicinal plant is used in the manufacture of various medicines – Window to News
