The plantation campaign started in the country with the title 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' to save the earth from environmental challenges like climate change has been a great success. Under this campaign, about 52 crore saplings have been planted in the country so far, while this campaign will continue till September. Anyway, a target of planting 80 crore saplings has been set this year under this campaign.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi started this campaign on World Environment Day, i.e. on June 5. On this occasion, the PM himself planted a tree. After this, this campaign was carried out in full swing in all the states. People also participated enthusiastically in the tree plantation campaign in memory of their mother.

This was the reason that 52 crore saplings were planted across the country in just three months. Along with the central and state governments, social organizations also participated enthusiastically in this campaign. Union Forest and Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav gave this information on Tuesday on X.

It is worth noting that this time the theme of World Environment Day is to prevent land erosion, develop the capacity to deal with drought and prevent desertification etc.

140 plants are to be planted

Under this campaign named Ek Ped Maa, a plan has been made to plant 80 crore trees by September this year and 140 crore trees by March 2025. Both the central and state governments have been asked to come forward and participate in this. Along with this, institutions, organizations, community based organizations and local bodies have also been asked to join this campaign to increase the involvement of more and more people. In this campaign, the main focus has also been given to the fact that whatever plants are planted, they should be kept alive and they should also be taken care of in the future.

How many plants were planted in which state

Uttar Pradesh- ---14.98 crore

Telangana--------6.14 crore

Madhya Pradesh----2.49 crore

Chhattisgarh---1.94 crore

Bihar-----1.03 crore

Uttarakhand---79 lakhs

Assam-------80 lakh

Karnataka----38.53 lakh

Punjab--------78.82 lakh

Andhra Pradesh----71.59 lakh

Delhi--------1.70 lakh

Tamilnadu--------3.37 lakh

West Bengal------93 thousand