Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with delegates from different countries who came to Bhopal in the Think-20 meeting under G-20 planted saplings of different species in the Smart Udyan (Water Vision Park). Suman Bery, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Delhi and Prof Sachin Chaturvedi Madhya Pradesh NITI Aayog were present.
Chief Minister Chouhan told the delegates from USA, Indonesia, UK, Germany, South Africa and other countries that he has been planting saplings every day since Narmada Jayanti in the year 2021.
He told them that he has been planting saplings not only in Bhopal since two years, but he would begin his day with planting saplings wherever he stayed during his visits. Plantation is becoming a mass campaign in Madhya Pradesh.
Ankur Portal has been set-up in Madhya Pradesh, in which citizens plant saplings on marriage anniversaries and birth anniversaries. Saplings are also planted in the memory of departed elders of the family on their death anniversary. People are getting connected with Ankur portal.
Their number has crossed 37 lakhs. The participants of the Water Vision (Jal Sammelan) held in Bhopal this month have also planted saplings in this garden in Shyamala Hills, Bhopal. People from different sections of the society come here to plant saplings.