Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings of Banyan, Neem and Maulshree along with students of Mahatma Gandhi CM Rise School, Bhopal Prachi Vishwakarma, Shreyansh Khare and Rachna Azad in the Smart City Garden.
A young boy Kushagra Gupta also planted saplings with Chief Minister Chouhan on his birthday. Students of National Service Scheme Rahul Lodhi, Subhash Dwivedi along with Mukesh Kumar Napit and Madhusudan Prakash also planted saplings. Social workers Lily Agarwal and Amit Gupta also took part in the plantation programme.
Students of National Service Scheme Unit of Government Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College of Science and Commerce, Bhopal are active in controlling single-use plastic along with raising awareness for plantation.
Banyan plants planted today have religious medicinal importance.
According to Ayurveda, the treatment of many diseases is possible with the help of Banyan leaves, bark etc. Its decoction helps increase immunity.
Rich in antibiotic elements, Neem is known as the supreme medicine. Maulshree is a medicinal tree which has been used in Ayurveda for centuries.