Agartala, Jul 10, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, July 10: The awareness campaign to ‘Save Soil’ has reached the State as volunteers of Isha Foundation from Agartala and other concerned citizens have participated for the ‘Ride for Soil’ initiative on July 10.

The campaign was flagged off from infront of Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala at 8:00AM yesterday. About 20 riders participated in this initiative. The riders covered about 200kms of on road in a day to take the "Save Soil" message to many parts of Tripura. The journey went from Agartala to Teliamura and then to Amarpur. 

Awareness campaigns were organised in front of Teliamura bazar and at Malbasa High School, Amarpur. The whole campaign was documented throughout by Agartala Buzz, a new startup venture based in Agartala. 

The movement aims to drive national policy changes in regenerating soil, to mandate a minimum of 3-6 per cent organic content in agricultural soils. With people’s voices being the most crucial aspect in actioning such reforms, Sadhguru urged people to continue speaking about soil for the next one year, “to the world, to somebody new, every day for 10 minutes at least”, and not stop with the journey.

Sadhguru, the founder of Isha Foundation, began his journey for soil on March 21 in London and passed through 27 nations in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. 

He embarked on a 100-day lone motorcycle journey as part of the movement to save soil from extinction globally. His journey culminated on June 21st spanning 27 nations and 11 States in India. As a next step, Sadhguru flagged of the ‘Ride to Soil’ initiative on June 24 to take the ‘save soil’ movement to the next 100 cities, towns and villages across India.    

The movement is urging nations across the world to urgently legislate to save the planet’s agricultural soils, 50 per cent of which are already said to be degraded and incapable of yield. The objective of the movement is to urge nations to mandate 3-6 per cent  organic content in agricultural soils around the world. This is the minimum organic content required to keep soil fertile and capable of yield and prevent it from turning into sand.

Till date, 74 countries have pledged to save soil from extinction, and eight States in India have signed MoUs with Isha Outreach to save soil, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.