Prime Minister Narendra Modi and spiritual Guru, Jaggi Vasudev shared a podium here on World Environment Day to mark 75 days of an ongoing world tour by the latter to increase awareness on rejuvenating soil health.
The ‘Save Soil Movement’ promoted by the Isha Foundation founder is a campaign on deteriorating soil health. Mr. Vasudev went about this by embarking on a 100-day motorcycle trip that began in March 2022, and visiting 27 countries. June 5 marks the 75th day of the 100-day journey.
He said that the movement was not about allocating large financial resources, and aimed to "raise consciousness" about the precarious soil health. Since Independence, India had worked to improve food security and though successful, caused soil quality to deteriorate.
