Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0: Odisha to plant 75 lakh saplings on PM Modi’s 75th birthday
Bhubaneswar: In order to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday, the Odisha government will plant 75 lakh saplings on September 17, informed Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi while presiding over a preparatory meeting regarding the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0 campaign at Lok Seva Bhawan today.
PM Modi had launched the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign in 2024. The CM said that the state government has set a target of planting at least 7.5 crores of saplings in this second edition of the program which is being observed from June 5 to September 30.
Majhi sought the involvement of various government departments, PSUs, NGOs, various youth organizations, voluntary organizations in this campaign and make it a grand success.
While stating that the campaign is not just a program, it should be a mass movement for environmental protection, the CM said that the heads of Panchayat Institutes, schools, colleges, self-help groups will have an important role in this.
The Chif Minister said that saplings like Neem, Karanj, Tamarind, Phasi, Arjun, Harida, Amla, Bahada, Jack fruit, Tal, guava, Krishna Chura, Peepal, banyan, Ashoka, Jamun, Kadamba, Devdaru, Sunari, Karanj (pongamia pinnata), Chakunda etc. can be selected for group-forest, rural forest, roadside sapling planting and individual tree planting.
He also advised the government employee and the public to be responsible for the maintenance and caring of the saplings after planting them.
The Chief Minister also directed the Panchayat officers to upload the photos and data of sapling plantation on the MeriLiFE portal and best performers will be rewarded at individual and group levels.
