Wednesday, 03 May 2023 | PNS | HARIDWAR
The 730th ‘Yogahaar Day’ was celebrated in Haridwar on Tuesday with the programme being focused on ‘Swecha se Yogahaar’ and ‘Jal se Jeevan’. Among those present were the Padma Shri recipients including water warrior Umashankar Pandey, from Uttar Pradesh; founder of Uttarakhand’s Maity movement Kalyan Singh Rawat, Shyam Sunder Paliwal from Rajasthan and others.
Speaking on the occasion,Pandey said that availability of water is one of the biggest challenges of the present times. “Farmers can play a big role in solving the water problem with ‘Khet Pe Med and Med Par Ped’ process,” he said. Rawat said that Uttarakhand is a state of the Himalayas, forests and rivers. “But these water sources are becoming victims of pollution and global warming and we have to protect them with our own efforts for our survival,” he added. Paliwal said that diseases like cancer are increasingly threatening humans due to continuous poisoning in farms. He exhorted the people to try and preserve the health of the earth through organic/natural farming.
Various topics like diet, health, organic and natural farming, environment and water conservation were discussed on the occasion.
