In A First, Telangana Plants 1 Million Saplings in One Hour to Enter Guinness Book
3 years, 5 months ago

In A First, Telangana Plants 1 Million Saplings in One Hour to Enter Guinness Book

News 18  

Telangana will be soon entering the Guinness Book for planting 1 million saplings within an hour. The mega plantation drive was part of the Green India Challenge pioneered by TRS Rajya Sabha MP Joginapalli Santosh Rao. While the green drive was one of its kind, Rao’s Green India Challenge is one of the biggest environmental campaigns run by an individual. pic.twitter.com/MamlULov4h— Santosh Kumar J May 28, 2021 Recently, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana also took part in the initiative.

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Green Goal: U.P. aims high with 36.50 cr sapling plantation on Saturday
5 months ago

Green Goal: U.P. aims high with 36.50 cr sapling plantation on Saturday

Hindustan Times  

The massive target of 36.50 crore sapling plantation in a single day on Saturday on the path to the state achieving 15% green cover by 2027 stems from optimism born out of the about 79% survival rate of saplings planted by the forest department between 2017-2021 in Uttar Pradesh. While the state is aiming to plant 36.50 crore saplings in …

MP: Shah launches record breaking sapling plantation drive in Indore, says PM committed to protecting environment
5 months, 1 week ago

MP: Shah launches record breaking sapling plantation drive in Indore, says PM committed to protecting environment

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to protecting the environment in the country in the interest of the future generations. Launching the mega tree plantation drive in Indore in which 11 lakh saplings were planted in 12 hours, billed as a world record feat, Mr Shah said that Mr Modi …

Drive to plant 3 crore saplings to begin soon: CM Mann
5 months, 1 week ago

Drive to plant 3 crore saplings to begin soon: CM Mann

Hindustan Times  

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said it was the need of the hour to enhance the forest cover in the state. Chairing a meeting to review the forestation drive in the state here at his office, Mann said the state government has set a target of planting around 3 crore saplings for which a massive drive will be started …

GB Nagar forest dept plants over 500 saplings at Surajpur Wetland as part of ‘Van Mahotsav’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

GB Nagar forest dept plants over 500 saplings at Surajpur Wetland as part of ‘Van Mahotsav’

Hindustan Times  

The Gautam Budh Nagar forest department on Wednesday celebrated ‘Van Mahotsav’, a pan-India plantation drive held in the first week of July every year, and planted more than 500 saplings of various species at the Surajpur wetland in Greater Noida. To mark the festival, around 150 people, including CISF personnel, ITBP personnel, school children, senior IFS officers, chief conservator of …

Plantation drive held in Kondagattu forest region
1 year, 5 months ago

Plantation drive held in Kondagattu forest region

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: As part of the sixth phase of the ‘Green India Challenge’, as many as 1,000 saplings were planted in the Kondagattu forest region by the students of JNTU, Nachupally during a plantation drive near Kondagattu temple in Maliala mandal of Jagtial district on Saturday. Rajya Sabha member J. Santosh Kumar, ministers Indrakaran Reddy and Gangula Kamalakar, Chief Minister’s OSD …

Mass cleaning drives, planting of saplings, awareness events mark World Environment Day in Coimbatore
1 year, 6 months ago

Mass cleaning drives, planting of saplings, awareness events mark World Environment Day in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Mass cleaning drives, planting of saplings and awareness programmes marked the World Environment Day in Coimbatore district on Monday. Forest Department, Young Indians, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Police conducted a mass cleaning drive on the stretch between Mangarai and Anaikatti. IFGTB commemorated World Environment Day by organising various awareness campaigns, events …

World Environment Day: Jharkhand Energy department plants 10,000 saplings
1 year, 6 months ago

World Environment Day: Jharkhand Energy department plants 10,000 saplings

Live Mint  

On the occasion of World Environment Day, more than 10,000 saplings were planted by the Jharkhand Energy Department across the state on Monday. The initiative of planting 10,000 saplings on the occasion was also appreciated by the Jharkhand Forest Department. The Additional principal chief conservator of forest, NK Singh, said that the department would plant more than two crore saplings …

TS to have 33% green cover in the next decade, says MA&UD spl chief secretary
2 years, 1 month ago

TS to have 33% green cover in the next decade, says MA&UD spl chief secretary

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Around 100 trees that were impacted during the construction of the Formula E race track were being removed and relocated to the immediate next corridor, according to Arvind Kumar, special chief secretary, MA&UD. Addressing the webinar ‘Green City Briefing’ organized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers on Tuesday, Kumar said, “Not a single tree is being uprooted and …

‘Green Mass Movement’: CM Yogi Orders UP Govt to Launch Mega Plantation Drive from July 1
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Green Mass Movement’: CM Yogi Orders UP Govt to Launch Mega Plantation Drive from July 1

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh is set to increase its green cover, with the state government’s mega plantation drive from July 1. As part of the drive on chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s orders, 35 crore saplings will be planted across the state till August 15. As the massive tree plantation drive is going to start, a detailed programme should be prepared to make …

250 million saplings planted in mass plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 5 months ago

250 million saplings planted in mass plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh

Op India  

On Sunday, about 25.5 million saplings were planted in the State of Uttar Pradesh to fight global climate change and reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere. उत्तर प्रदेश ने 12 घंटे में 25 करोड़ पौधे लगा कर रिकॉर्ड बनाया है। प्रदेश सरकार 05 वर्ष में 100 करोड़ पौधे लगा चुकी है। pic.twitter.com/OdAaI9ckgc — Government of UP July 5, 2021 India …

How Yogi’s Uttar Pradesh is taking a big role in fighting climate change in India
3 years, 5 months ago

How Yogi’s Uttar Pradesh is taking a big role in fighting climate change in India

Live Mint  

More than a million people on Sunday began planting 250 million saplings in India’s most populous state, part of an annual mass tree planting campaign to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of global climate change. The effort spans 68,000 villages and 83,000 forest sites in northern Uttar Pradesh state. “We are committed to increasing the forest cover of …

Amit Shah calls to make Ahmedabad world’s greenest city
3 years, 6 months ago

Amit Shah calls to make Ahmedabad world’s greenest city

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday planted saplings in Ahmedabad and appealed to citizens to make it the city with the largest green cover not just in India, but in the world. Mr. Shah planted three saplings on a plot of land of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Sindhu Bhavan road in Bodakdev area, that falls under the Gandhinagar …

MP Forest Official Turns Barren Land into Green Hill by Planting 54000 Saplings in a Day
4 years, 2 months ago

MP Forest Official Turns Barren Land into Green Hill by Planting 54000 Saplings in a Day

News 18  

A Madhya Pradesh Indian Forest Official has turned a barren land into a lush-green hill by planting 54,000 saplings in a single day. Punit Goyal, Divisional Forest Officer of North Betul division said that the plan was to plant as many trees across the 46 hectres of the Bondri Hill in the Shahpur division, to meet the plantation target. The …

Haritha Haram and forest rights: How a scheme to increase green cover has upended the lives of Telangana's tribals
4 years, 3 months ago

Haritha Haram and forest rights: How a scheme to increase green cover has upended the lives of Telangana's tribals

Firstpost  

For 11 days, the Koya Adivasis of Telangana’s Satyanarayanapuram village camped on their lands, for fear of being rendered landless. The Forest Department has been conducting plantation drives exclusively in the areas where tribals have been cultivating for several generations,” says activist Lingaswamy who hails from Bhadradri-Kothagudem. Scheme after scheme falls into place to drive the traditional forest-dwelling communities away …

Telangana’s Haritha Haram heralds Yadadri method of the green revolution
4 years, 5 months ago

Telangana’s Haritha Haram heralds Yadadri method of the green revolution

The Hindu  

It is July and the monsoon season ushers in Haritha Haram, the annual afforestation drive promoted by the Telangana state government. Presently in its sixth year, Haritha Haram heralds the Yadadri method of planting begun on an experimental basis two years ago. One also has to ensure that huge crown developing tree species are not planted here.” Close competition K …

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