Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that many campaigns have been successful with people’s participation. The participation of citizens for environment protection is continuously increasing in the state. Starting from Narmada Jayanti year 2021, the resolution to plant saplings daily is becoming an inspiration for others.
Planting trees is becoming part of people’s nature. Citizens have started planting saplings on the birth and marriage anniversaries of themselves and their family members, on the death anniversary of the deceased family member. Chief Minister Chouhan said that when common people get involved in any work, it gets success. When a thing impresses the people’s mind, it does not take long for it to become a reality.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the plantation in the Smart City Park at Shyamla Hills was done today by the Union Ministers, State Ministers and other participants who attended the water conference in Bhopal. Plantation is an effort to perpetuate the memory of Water Vision@2047 (Water Summit).
For the accomplishment of this resolution, now the name of this park will be changed to 'Water Vision Park'. Today saplings of Kachnar, Harsingar and Mango along with many other species were planted. This park and today's plantation will inspire the citizens to work for the protection of the environment. Vriksha-Veer and Vriksha-Veerangana awards will also be given in Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan directed the Collector Bhopal to display the information along with the mention of the Union Ministers and State Ministers who participated in the plantation of saplings in this park today.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that for the first time in the country, a conference of people's representatives and senior officials working for water was held in Bhopal under Prime Minister Shri Modi's resolution of a developed India for the year 2047.
Today, the delegates who came to the conference are planting saplings by joining the unique initiative of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan to plant saplings every day. In the Jal Sammelan, there was an in-depth discussion about uninterrupted supply of water. Everyone united for the protection of land, climate, forest and water in the conference.
Discussions were held regarding providing a balanced life to the coming generations by consolidating these natural resources. Chouhan's work of planting saplings every day is commendable. Today the participants of the Bhopal Water Conference got the opportunity to plant saplings. This was the first conference of its kind, to keep its memory fresh, this park will also remind us of the conference by identifying it as Smriti- Van.
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Food Processing Industries Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Madhya Pradesh's Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silavat, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering Shri Brijendra Singh Yadav and other ministers of the states who planted saplings in today's plantation included Sarvshri Mithlesh Kumar Thakur Jharkhand, Piyush Hazarika Assam, Swatantra Dev Singh Uttar Pradesh, Kunwarji Bhai Bhavaliya and Mukesh Patel Gujarat, Subhash A Shirodkar Goa, Harjit Singh Bains Punjab, Awangbow Newmai Manipur. Apart from this, Mrutyunjay Swamy, Secretary, Karnataka also planted saplings.