Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday launched the 2019 edition of an ambitious statewide sapling-planting drive from Warora tehsil in Chandrapur district.
He said the state government would plant 33 crore saplings starting Monday till September and the aim was to create what he claimed would be a record 50-crore saplings during the tenure of the current BJP-led state government.
"This kind of plantation of 50 crore saplings has not been done anywhere in the country and is going to be an all- time record for the entire world," Fadnavis said at a function in Majra village.
The site of the sapling-planting launch function was close to Anandwan, which was established in 1949 by Baba Amte with a hope of giving marginalised people a dignified life through self-reliance.
The Maharashtra CM lauded state Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who was also present at the function, for helming the programme.
Fadnavis said the efficacy of the plantation drive is being ..