Plantation drive to focus on teak, sheesham & fruit-bearing trees
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch the campaign, which will be carried out from 6am to 6pm, by planting saplings in Ayodhya and Azamgarh. Apart from increasing the state's green cover, the objective of the campaign is to encourage people to plant trees and nurture them.
Out of 37 crore saplings to be planted on the day, 18.6 crore will be of teak and sheesham, 10.8 crore will be of fruit-bearing varieties, and 5.8 crore will be medicinal saplings like drumstick and neem.
The govt will give two moringa saplings each to the families identified as beneficiaries under the zero-poverty programme, under the 'Sahjan Bhandara' programme.
"The agencies which distribute saplings to these families will ensure that plantation is done near households so that moringa trees can meet the nutritional requirements of these families," a forest department official said. The CM has also instructed officials to distribute moringa saplings to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and at Anganwadi centres.
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Families in aspirational districts will also be encouraged to plant moringa.
In another initiative to help the poor, the forest department has distributed teak and sheesham saplings to parents of children born between July 1 and July 7 in govt hospitals. "These are timber-yielding trees, and families can make an income through them," an official said.
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