AIIA and 132 ECO Task Force Join Hands for Ashwagandha Plantation and Research in Aravalli Landscape

The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, and the 132 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) ECO RAJPUT launched the Ashwagandha Plantation and Research Initiative at the Terriers Herbal Garden, Bhatti Mines, South Delhi. Under this collaboration, 10,000 Ashwagandha saplings will be planted and subjected to scientific monitoring to study their growth and adaptation in the local climatic and environmental conditions of the Aravalli landscape. The initiative combines traditional Ayurvedic knowledge with scientific research, biodiversity conservation, and environmental restoration in areas affected by mining along Delhi's Southern Ridge.