Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath
government in Uttar Pradesh plans to plant 25 crore trees in July this year,
creating yet another world record of sorts. The drive is aimed at increasing
the green cover in the state. The state government had created a record in the
Guinness book of World Records last year by planting 22 crore saplings in a day.
The state forest department has made 57,904 micro plans for plantation in over
60,000 gram panchayats and 800 urban local bodies.
Micro plans are the records on plantation sites, number of plants required at every site, people who have demanded saplings, total demand for different tree species and those who would monitor plantations at every site. The department would plant 10 crore trees and remaining 26 government departments will collectively plant 15 crore saplings in July 2020. The main trees whose saplings are being prepared include 'sahjan' (drumsticks), 'mahua', mango, tamarind, wood apple, 'arjun', banyan, neem and black plum (jamun). (IANS)
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