PATNA: Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said the target of planting 2.51 crore (25.1 million) saplings across the state in the current monsoon season would be achieved by July 31.
He said, more than 1.51 crore samplings had already been planted in different parts of the state against the target of 2.51 crore saplings. The remaining 1 crore saplings would be planted by July 31.
Earlier on June 5 this year, CM Nitish Kumar, while addressing a webinar on the occasion of the World Environment Day, had announced that his government would plant more than 2.51 crore (25.1 millions) saplings on a single day on the occasion of ‘Bihar Prithvi Diwas’ on August 9 to achieve the target of 17% green cover in the state. The CM had then also said that the planting of 2.51 crore saplings on a single day in public places might create a world record.
Modi on Sunday said, “The state government’s earlier plan to plant 2.51 crore saplings on a single day was modified due to the spread of Covid-19, lockdown and good rainfall in the monsoon. The government began the exercise of planting saplings from July 1 itself due to availability of water because of good rainfall.”
“So far, 83.22 lakh saplings have been planted in forest areas, 12.42 lakh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, 19.57 lakh by Didis of Jeevika, 10.39 lakh under the agro-forestry schemes and another 4.65 lakh saplings by public sector undertakings and other organizations,” Modi said.
The deputy CM also said, now on August 9, there would be a token closing programme for the sapling planting campaign. “On August 9, Saplings will be planted at least one place in a gram-panchayat, block and district on a token basis to mark the Bihar Prithvi Diwas,” he said.
He said, more than 1.51 crore samplings had already been planted in different parts of the state against the target of 2.51 crore saplings. The remaining 1 crore saplings would be planted by July 31.
Earlier on June 5 this year, CM Nitish Kumar, while addressing a webinar on the occasion of the World Environment Day, had announced that his government would plant more than 2.51 crore (25.1 millions) saplings on a single day on the occasion of ‘Bihar Prithvi Diwas’ on August 9 to achieve the target of 17% green cover in the state. The CM had then also said that the planting of 2.51 crore saplings on a single day in public places might create a world record.
Modi on Sunday said, “The state government’s earlier plan to plant 2.51 crore saplings on a single day was modified due to the spread of Covid-19, lockdown and good rainfall in the monsoon. The government began the exercise of planting saplings from July 1 itself due to availability of water because of good rainfall.”
“So far, 83.22 lakh saplings have been planted in forest areas, 12.42 lakh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, 19.57 lakh by Didis of Jeevika, 10.39 lakh under the agro-forestry schemes and another 4.65 lakh saplings by public sector undertakings and other organizations,” Modi said.
The deputy CM also said, now on August 9, there would be a token closing programme for the sapling planting campaign. “On August 9, Saplings will be planted at least one place in a gram-panchayat, block and district on a token basis to mark the Bihar Prithvi Diwas,” he said.
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