- By Akansha Pandey
- Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:01 PM (IST)
- Source:Jagran News Network
The Yogi Adityanath government has set a new record this year under the Plantation Mega Campaign-2025 (Vriksharopan Mahabhiyan-2025) by planting over 37 crore saplings in a single day. Along with this, several 'Special Forests' have also been established this year.
The government is now taking this initiative forward. In the series of Special Forests that started with 'Eklavya Van', a special program will now be held under the 'One Tree in the Name of a Teacher'(Ek Ped Guru ke Naam) campaign. This program, to honor teachers, will be held on September 5, Teachers' Day, in all forest divisions of the state. In the Kukrail forest area of Lucknow, serving and retired officials of the Forest Department will plant saplings on this occasion.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh has set a new record. As part of the plantation campaign, under the theme 'Ek Ped Maa ke Naam 2.0' (One Tree in the Name of Mother 2.0), a total of 37,21,40,925 saplings were planted across the entire state in a single day on July 9th. This number is 21,40,925 more than the government's target of 37 crore. The CM launched this mega campaign from Ayodhya and also planted saplings in Azamgarh and Gorakhpur on the same day.
According to the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Lucknow, Sitanshu Pandey, as part of this series of special forests, a plantation program will be held at the Smriti Vatika in Kukrail on Teachers' Day, in which current and retired Indian Forest Service officers will participate. On this occasion, the officers will also be gifted saplings as souvenirs. Similarly, the DFO of Varanasi, Swati Srivastava, announced that under the 'One Tree in the Name of a Teacher' campaign, a plantation drive will be held on the IIT (BHU) campus.
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Deepak Kumar, the Mission Director of the Plantation Mega Campaign-2025, confirmed that on September 5, a plantation drive will be held in all forest divisions of the state under the 'One Tree in the Name of a Teacher' program to honor teachers. He said that preparations for this are complete in all divisions and that many kinds of special forests have been established this year.
These special forests include: Eklavya Van, Oxy Van, Shakti Van, Triveni Van, Atal Van, Sahjan Bhandara, Gopal Van, Ekta Van, Pavitra Dhara Plantation, Plantation by industrial units, Sankalp Goshthi & Plantation, Bhai-Behen Plantation (Rakshabandhan Vatika), Shaurya/Sindoor Van, and Ek Ped Guru ke Naam.
