Team News Riveting
Bhopal, June 27
Ramlotan Kushwaha, a farmer in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, suddenly came to the light after finding a place in the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat.
The Prime Minister today delivered the 78th episode of the Mann Ki Baat. He referred to the contribution of Kushwaha, who had taken a step forward to preserve the medicinal plants.
In this direction, Mr. Ramlotan Kushwaha ji, a friend from Satna of Madhya Pradesh, has done a very commendable job., the Prime Minister said.
“Ramlotan ji has built a museum of indigenous plants on his farm. In this museum, he has collected hundreds of medicinal plants and seeds. And he has brought them here from far flung regions,” Modi said, adding that apart from this, he also grows many types of Indian vegetables every year.
People visit this garden, this museum of Ramlotan ji, and learn a lot from it. Indeed, this is a very good experiment which can be replicated in different regions of the country, he added.
“I would like those of you who can make such an effort, should attempt it. This can also open up new sources of income for you. Another benefit will be that the identity of your area will gain wide prominence through the local medicinal plants,” Modi said.
Ramlotan Kushwaha is a resident of Atrabediya village of Uchehra block of Satna district. He has planted medicinal plants that are on the verge of extinction in one acre of land that he owned. He has not been to the class rooms, but with the little knowledge that he gained out of experience, Ramlotan had taken up the task to protect the plants.
And the idea was given to him a few years ago by a Vaidya of the village who asked Kushwaha to cultivate medicinal plants.
