Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday said that the State Government has set target to plant 2.66 crore trees this year as he appealed to people of the State for plantation during the ‘Van Mahotsav’ programme at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday. The CM also said that the participation of the common man was must in the mission to make the State green.
The Forest and Climate Change department organised the Van Mahotsava celebration at Raj Bhawan in collaboration with ICAR, Palandu, Bagwani Mission, BAU and Rai University, Ranchi. Governor Draupadi Murmu, Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Speaker of State Assembly Dinesh Oraon and leader of Opposition Hemant Soren planted 43 plants including coconut, areca nut and Arabian dates.
In the last 20 days, Forest and Climate Change Department has planted 122 plants of guava, 63 of pomegranate, 30 plants of lemon, 200 plants of coconut, 40 plants of Arabian dates, 50 plants of custard apple, 10 plants of pears, 35 plants of peach, 20 plants of jack fruit, 20 plants of plum and hundreds of different types of fruits.
Appealing to the people the Governor said that everybody should be careful about the ecological balance around and plant trees on every particular occasion.