Inauguration of Essel Group America's YO1, largest nature cure centre in US, live updates

YO1, the largest nature cure centre in the United States, has state-of-art facilities and is a Catskills and wellness destination that will offer therapies based on ancient Indian yoga and pranayam techniques.

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Essel Group America's YO1, the largest nature cure centre in the United States, via video conferencing on Thursday.

The centre, founded by Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subhash Chandra, has state-of-art facilities and is a Catskills and wellness destination that will offer therapies based on ancient Indian yoga and 'pranayam'  techniques. A dream project of Dr Chandra, the centre is built on the Catskill Mountain in southeastern New York. It will provide employment to at least 500 people and indirect employment to more than 1500 people. In an effort to acknowledge this unique effort, the New York State Assembly honoured Dr Chandra on Wednesday evening, a day before 4th International Yoga Day.

Here are the live updates of the event:-  

21 June 2018

21:07 IST

I wish you (Essel Group) all the very best for the venture. Thank you very much: PM Modi

21:07 IST

Yoga can become a binding force for the world: PM Modi.