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Arun Kumar Saxena
Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister, Uttar Pradesh

The Success Story of Uttar Pradesh's
Tree Plantation Drive

Tree plantation drive have a ridge at every field and a tree
been carried out under the at every ridge. By planting trees
leadership of Uttar Pradesh on the ridge of the field, water
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. conservation would be easy as
To make this campaign a along with the ridge, the trees
success, he called a meeting will also stop the water. The Chief
of all the ministers of the state Minister urged all Village Heads
and instructed them to go to to plant at least 75 trees on all
their respective constituencies the ponds in their respective
and lay emphasis on planting villages as we have completed
trees. The Chief Minister held 75 years of our independence. He
a virtual meeting with all MPs, said that if there is a tree near the
MLAs, Mayors, Chairman of pond, then the pond will not dry
Municipalities, Chairman of up quickly and the pond water
Nagar Panchayats, Chairman will remain cool.
of District Panchayats and The Chief Minister also
Village Heads as well. About 67 encouraged the general public to
thousand people participated in participate in the tree plantation
this meeting. drive. The trees were given
The Chief Minister instructed free of cost by the Forest and
all the officers that apart Environment Department. People
from planting trees, special were given big and fruitful trees.
attention should be paid to their Peepal, Banyan, Neem, Mango,
conservation. His instruction was Pakad, Tamarind and Amla
that the plantation should be done trees were distributed. The MLAs
in every Gram Sabha, particularly have also been asked to spend
on the banks of Amrit Sarovars. 0.5% of their MLA funds on the
In the rural areas, he advised to environment. The Chief Minister
encourage the practice of having has introduced a scheme for the

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