Haryana Government would start Yoga and Vyayam Shalas in about 1,000 villages of the State from festival of Vijay Dashmi to be celebrated on October 22. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal announced that ten villages would be taken up from each assembly constituency in the first phase. He also announced that 1,000 trainers would soon be appointed for these Yog and Vyayam Shalas and they would be given monthly honorarium of Rs8,100 per month.
The Chief Minister announced this in a meeting with Swami Ram Dev and Acharya Bal Krishan here on Friday. The Chief Minister said “These trainers would be selected from the same village where these Yog and Vyayam Shalas would be set up so as enable them to effectively discharge their duties. Apart from this, they would also be provided capsule training at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridawar”. It was also decided in the meeting that Yog classes would be held at premises of Schools, Primary Health Centres (PHC) and Rajiv Seva Kendras on temporary basis till the construction of Yog and Vyayam Shalas at village level.
Also, world’s largest herbal forest would be set up at Morni in district Panchkula. This herbal forest which would be completely developed in the coming 2-3 years would put Haryana on the international map as it would not only provide a platform to the researchers from world over to carry out their research activities but also emerge as an international tourist destination. At, present about 300 varieties of plants are available at Morni.