Soft drinks are taking their last breath in India: Ramdev

New Delhi, Apr 6 (UNI) Renowned Yoga exponent Swami Ramdev today said people in India were finally waking up to the menace of soft drinks which he said were ''taking its last breath'' in the country.

People in the country, including the youth are at last waking up to the threat posed to one's health by these drinks. However, tt is sad that ads like the one in question continue to spread myths and untruths among the public, specially among youth,''the yoga guru said in a press meet in the capital on the first anniversary of his Patanjali Yogapeeth.

On this occasion, Swami Ramdev announced that he would hold a Yoga science camp in the Capital city next week where thousands of people wanting to rid themselves of diseases through the practice of Yoga would be able to take part.

The six-day camp, being organised by the P P Charitable trust, will be held at the Japanese park in Rohini from April 10.

''It is my desire to hold such camps in all parts of the country to realise my vision of a 'disease-free' India. It is towards the realisation of this goal that I started the Patanjali Yogapeeth in India,''the Yoga exponent said.

Prominent among those likely to participate in the camp are Vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. The camp will have special sessions for judges, children and jail inmates.

It is notable that Swami Ramdev is the Vice Chancellor of the Patanjali Yogapeeth, which has now been recognised as the biggest University in the World propounding the use of vedic science of Yoga and Ayurveda as a cure for chronic diseases.

To spread the use of Yoga in the country, one lakh yoga trainers are being prepared in the country which roughly translated into 250 yoga trainers per district.

UNI