Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted Neem, Banyan and Kachnar saplings in the Smart City Garden on Sunday. Chief Minister Chouhan planted a neem sapling on the 9th anniversary of news channel IBC24 along with Sudhir Dandotia of the news channel and the banyan sapling with senior journalist Pawan Devalia on his marriage anniversary. Along with Chief Minister Chouhan, the representative of Team SOS India planted a sapling of Kachnar with Mohit Patel, Amit Shukla, Devraj Tripathi, Adi Vaishnavi and Kumari Ashraya Singh.
Purnima Devalia, Archana Upadhyay, Vandana Kaushik, Kumari Palak Devalia, Shantanu Upadhyay and Prabhag Devalia also participated in the plantation.
Banyan has religious significance among the saplings planted today, besides according to Ayurveda the treatment of many diseases is possible from the banyan tree.
Similarly, neem rich in antibiotic elements is known as the ultimate medicine. Small or medium height trees of Kachnar are found everywhere in India. Nature has made many plants and trees rich in medicinal properties, among them Kachnar is one.
