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farmers where a MG NREGA card corporation has planted trees
holder will get Rs 56,000 in three and Sarovars, and Amrit Vatikas
years if he plants 200 trees in his have been made everywhere.
field. Gram Panchayats and Rural Wherever Prime Minister
Development Department have Narendra Modi goes, he talks
planted a large number of trees about one thing for sure - the
in their villages. Besides, the PWD temperature of the earth is
department has planted trees rising due to global warming
along the national highways and and climate change. Biodiversity
roads. Children have planted will end, many trees, plants
trees in their schools. In fact, and wildlife will disappear
every government employee due to climate change. If the
and officer have come together temperature continues to rise
to make plantation drive a grand like this, there will be recurring
success. droughts in the coming years and
The general public has agricultural yields will decrease,
joined the tree plantation drive. rivers will flood, and new diseases
Be it lawyers, doctors, chartered will spread. To stop all this, it
accountants, members of is necessary to contain global
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh warming and climate change,
and all other social organisations, and plantation and saving trees
they all understood that planting are among the main remedies.
trees is very essential. Along with Along with this, we are paying
planting trees, it is also important attention to reduce the emission
to save trees. As we are observing of carbon dioxide.
Amrit Varsh this year, every

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