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This is an archive article published on May 9, 2016
Pune: District to plant 18 lakh saplings
The state government will have planted 1.50 lakh saplings for the mahotsav and various revenue divisions will plant 50 lakh more.
Pune district has undertaken a special drive to plant 18 lakh saplings on July 1. The state government as part of the Van Mahotsav has pledged to plant two crore saplings.
The state government will have planted 1.50 lakh saplings for the mahotsav and various revenue divisions will plant 50 lakh more.
Each of the collectors of the district were asked to ready an action plan towards planting the saplings. The meeting was undertaken by the Pune district collector in the presence of Pune Zilla Parishad CEO Daulat Desai and deputy CEO Yashwant Shitole.
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As per the action plan, under the state environment department it was expected to plant four lakh saplings but considering the geographical area of the district it was decided to plant at least six times of the present target.
The meeting also noted that under the Jal Yukta Shivar Abhiyan last year, eight lakh saplings had been planted.
Van Mahotsav is the annual tree planting festival carried out in July.
During this festival, thousands of trees are planted all over India. In 1950, it was started by KM Munshi, the union minister for agriculture and food. It was started to create awareness among people for the conservation of forests and planting of new trees.
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