Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today launched a massive tree plantation campaign in the state. Under this campaign, a target has been set to plant 36 crore 50 lakh saplings in a day. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Ped Lagao-Ped Bachao, Jan Abhiyan 2024 by planting saplings in Akbarnagar, Lucknow.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that the problem of global warming has increased due to continuous deforestation. He said that this had resulted in unusual floods in the month of October last year and in the first week of July this year in the state. He said that the temperatures had sored to unexpected levels of 47 to 50 degrees Celsius.
The Chief Minister said that everyone should plant trees around them and especially farmers on their ridges so that they can contribute to the en
