In yet another green record, UP to plant 37 crore saplings on July 9
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Lucknow: The state govt on Friday announced to plant 37 crore saplings in a day on July 9.
The state-wide campaign will be inaugurated by Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
in Orai, Jalaun, near the Bundelkhand Expressway,
The minister of state for environment, forest, and climate change (independent charge), Arun Kumar Saxena, will also plant a sapling at the site on the day.
Earlier, the state govt has fixed the plantation target for 2025-26 to 35 crore.
The initial target of 35 crore saplings for plantation 2025-26 was revised by the govt to 37 crore with a new GO issued on Friday. This was done to surpass last year's plantation target of 36.5 crore, said sources in the forest department.
People's representatives, govt and non-govt agencies, NCC, NSS, civil society, Nehru Yuva Kendra, Mahila Mangal Dal, Yuvak Mangal Dal, FPOs, and Eco clubs will plant saplings on the day, making it a people's movement.
The plantation sites will be geotagged. Control rooms will be set up by forest departments at the district level for the smooth organisation of the campaign, which will be linked to the command control centre at the department's headquarters in Lucknow. The campaign will be conducted in election mode, and districts will be divided into sectors and zones, with sector and zonal magistrates appointed.
The theme for Plantation 2025 is 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam'.
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