Cultivation,promotion needed for medicinal plants- Experts
Nisha Chettri
Kalimpong
May 23, 2015:
Darjeeling society of education research and development
organized a workshop about the importance and preservation of medicinal
plants in the hills in town hall today. Eminent personalities related to
botanical science like Prashanta Kumar Sarkar-chairman of West Bengal
state medicinal plant board, Dhaniraj Chettri-professor of Botany,
Sikkim, Dr. H.B Chettri (MLA acquainted with Botany and ecology) were
present.
Throwing
light on the benefits which people can get from the government,
Prashanta Kumar Sarkar talked about the financial assistance along with
other incentives which is helpful for people; he also educated the mass
about cultivation, utilization, conservation and marketing of the
medicinal plants.
Speaking
on the importance of medicinal plants, Professor Dhaniraj Chettri
edified the people about the practice of Bio-Piracy which people are
involved in, with the help of the plants found in the hills, he also
gave weight on making a resource centre here, ‘Kalimpong has the
potential of producing medicinal plants in a large scale and such places
should be concentrated for making a central institution for medicines’
said Chettri.
The
local known ‘jari-butti’ has a different significance in the hilly
terrains where in the other hand, different tribes has its own different
methods of using it, says the Professor proclaiming that we are rich in
traditional medicines.
Interestingly,
it was known where India stands in the global market of medicines,
despite of growing ample of medicinal plants India contributes only 1%
of the global market where America who grows lesser amount of medicinal
plant’ controls 11% of the market, similarly China controls 24%.
Meanwhile
the MLA H.B Chettri, referring to some old stories of curing stomach
aches to sinus, highlighted the importance of centella-asiatica locally
known as ‘botukay jhar.’ He later added ‘if a DPR for central university for medicinal plants is prepared, I will see what I can do’
More than 70 different types of medicinal plants were exhibited outside town hall toda
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