New Delhi (thestates.news)| More than 50,000 saplings were planted across 31 states on the occasion of Hariyali Amavasya as part of a nationwide plantation drive led by Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan in collaboration with the “Vriksh Mitra Parivar.” The campaign drew further momentum from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” initiative. The program was held at the PBG Ground, Central Ridge, near Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, where ministers, Members of Parliament, government officials, farmers, youth and citizens participated in the plantation drive.
The program began with the watering of saplings and the singing of Vande Mataram, followed by mass plantation. Similar plantation drives were organised across villages, towns, panchayats and institutions in different parts of the country. Members of the Vriksh Mitra Parivar played a key role in mobilising citizens and encouraging them to plant at least one tree.
