Massive campaign of tree plantation

Bhopal: A new example was set today in the area of tree plantation under the leadership of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. As per information received till late evening today, more than 6 crore 63 lakhs saplings were planted in 24 districts of Narmada basin in one single day. These saplings were planted in one lakh17 thousand and 293 plantation spots. Out of the total saplings planted, 3 crore 5 lakh 54 thousand and 825 saplings were planted by the Forest Department, 15 lakh 4 thousand and 105 saplings by Forest Development Corporation, 1 crore 70 lakh 19 thousand and 724 by Rural Development Department, 5 lakh 16 thousand and 594 by Agriculture Department, 34 lakh 79 thousand and 642 by Horticulture Department, 14 lakh 63 thousand and 839 by Jan Abhiyan Parishad and 36 lakh 47 thousand and 846 saplings by other social-voluntary organizations, religious institutions, government institutions, mahila Mandals, clubs and private individuals.

It may be noted here that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took out the Narmada Seva Yatra rally in 16 districts of Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada banks from December 11, 2016 to May 15, 2017 to make people aware towards bio-diversity conservation in Narmada basin area, to maintain the incessant flow of the river and to keep the lifeline of the state –the Narmada pollution-free. Narmada river’s flow remains incessant due to the drops of rainwater absorbed by trees in the jungles of Vindhyachal and Satpuda mountain range flowing down. Keeping this in mind, plantations will be carried out in a large scale on the Narmada Basin situated on the banks of the Narmada river during the Yatra. More than 500 political leaders, religious leaders, UN and UNICEF representatives, Literature, Art- Culture and personalities from different sections of the society and experts working in the field of water conservation took part in the Yatra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in the completion programme held at Amarkantak on May 15. The work plan of Narmada Seva Mission of the state government was also released during the programme.

Among the chief species planted during the massive tree plantation campaign sagoun saplings were planted in 20 per cent area, bamboo in 15 per cent area, medicinal plants like Amla, Arjun, Bel, Neem Harra, Baheda etc. on 20 pc area, fruit-bearing plants like Jamun, Guava, Sitaphal, Lemon, Mango, Pomegranate, Shahtut etc in 5 per cent area, other small vanopaj species like Mahua, Tamarind, Achar, Kullu, Kusum in 5 per cent area and Saja, Siras, Surajna, Jackfruit, Pipal, Bargad, Katamb etc in 35 per cent area.

The massive tree plantation campaign was launched mainly in 24 districts of Narmada basin in Madhya Pradesh region. These include Dindori, Mandla, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Sehore, Harda, Dewas, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Badwani, Alirajpur, Anuppur, Balaghat, Katni, Damoh, Sagar, Seoni, Chhindwada, Betul, Indore and Burhanpur. The plantation was carried out in forest areas, schools, colleges, government office premises, other community land and private land. Online registration was arranged to take part in the plantation programme. Apart from registered institutions and people, other institutions and people also took active part in the plantation.

District-wise plantation

No.	District	No: of saplings planted (in lakh)
1.	Sagar	2.21
2.	Damoh	2.00
3.	Dewas	45.29
4.	Dhar	38.81
5.	Indore	15.60
6.	Khargone	50.45
7.	Khandwa	41.33
8.	Sehore	17.68
9.	Raisen	29.19
10.	Betul	33.49
11.	Hoshangabad	62.07
12.	Jabalpur	18.81
13.	Narsinghpur	50.42
14.	Mandla	46.91
15.	Chhindwada	16.68
16.	Seoni	32.70
17.	Balaghat	5.00
18.	Badwani	26.07
19.	Harda	44.70
20.	Katni	6.98
21.	Dindori	33.07
22.	Anuppur	11.70
23.	Burhanpur	1.00
24.	Alirajpur	33.89
	TOTAL	6.63 crore