New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, and the 132 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) ECO RAJPUT have launched an initiative to plant and scientifically monitor 10,000 Ashwagandha saplings at the Terriers Herbal Garden in Bhatti Mines, South Delhi, bringing medicinal plant research into an ongoing ecological restoration effort in the Aravalli landscape, said officials from the Ministry today.
The initiative, launched on September 24, will study the growth and adaptation of Withania somnifera under the local climatic and environmental conditions of the Southern Ridge. The plants will be regularly observed and documented as part of the research programme.
According to the Ayush, the collaboration co...