MoU: Rudraksh Tree Plantation in Ganga Basin 20/05/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau

MoU: Rudraksh Plantation in Ganga Basin

(Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation)

WHAT

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between National Mission for Clean Ganga, HCL Foundation and INTACH for taking up a project of ‘Plantation of Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand’ as a part of CSR initiative under the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme.

 

AIM

The project aims at planting 10,000 Rudraksh trees in the catchment area of river Ganga in Uttarakhand in association with local community and other stakeholders, it will also help in generating income for people residing in those areas.

 

NAMAMI GANGE MISSION

It aims at providing comprehensive and sustainable solutions for a cleaner ecosystem along the stretch of 97 towns and 4,465 villages on the Ganga stem and a public-private partnership will provide the initiative a much-needed impetus.

 

RUDRAKSH

  • “Elaeocarpus ganitrus” grows in the area from the Gangetic plain in the foothills of the Himalayas to South-East Asia, Nepal, Indonesia, New Guinea to Australia, Guam, and Hawaii.
  • Rudraksha seeds are covered by an outer husk of blue colour when fully ripe, and for this reason are also known as blueberry beads. The blue colour is not derived from pigment but is structural.
  • It is an evergreen tree that grows quickly.
  • The rudraksha tree starts bearing fruit in three to four years.
  • As the tree matures, the roots buttress rising up narrowly near the trunk and radiating out along the surface of the ground.
  • It is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayer beads in Hinduism and Buddhism.

 

Source: PIB

 

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