World Herbal Forest
World Herbal Forest is an initiative of Government of Haryana. About. World Herbal Forest is an initiative of Government of Haryana to develop a forest of medicinal plants in Morni hills, Panchkula district, Haryana. it is a joint task force of the Haryana Forest Department, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, and local people of Morni. In all, about 1,000 medicinal plants of different kinds would be identified and planted here. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today (20 December) inaugurated the World Herbal Forest Project at Morni Hill, 45 kilometres from Chandigarh. The project has been developed as a  collaboration between Patanjali and the state government. Team. Acharya Balkrishna from Patanjali, aided by a 40-member team of specialists, has so far identified 465 different types of plants Main plants. Ginger, turmeric and ‘harad’ are grown in large quantities in the area. Other Highlights. Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal inaugurating 'Harad Vatika' in World Herbal Forest Project established at Morni Hills in the presence of Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishan, at Morni in district Panchkula on December 20, 2018. According to Patanjali Yogpeeth, the Morni region was assigned a goal to develop 125 gardens out of  which 65 gardens have been developed so far. Along with that, they congratulated the researchers of Yogpeeth on discovering 53 new species of herbs in the area stating that there were only 1062 species in the data previously whereas now it's at 1115.