'Target of Planting 1.50 crore saplings under ‘Ek Ped Maa ke Naam’ campaign to make the environment clean'

Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, July 29 –

CM Nayab Singh Saini said that a target of planting 1.50 crore saplings has been set under the ‘Ek Ped Maa ke Naam’ campaign to make the environment clean and beautiful. He urged that every citizen should plant at least one sapling as this is a significant step towards environmental protection.

The CM was speaking at a ‘Nagrik Abhinandan’ ceremony organised by Shri Vaishya Aggarwal Panchayat at Aggarwal Dharamshala in Kurukshetra late Sunday night. Earlier, the CM also laid the foundation stone of the Agrasen Bhawan to be built in Sector 8 by Shri Vaishya Aggarwal Panchayat. MP Naveen Jindal, and Minister of State Subhash Sudha also accompanied the CM. During this, the CM Saini, MP Jindal and Subhash Sudha jointly announced to give Rs. 31 lakh.

Saini said that under the ‘Ek Ped Maa ke Naam’ campaign, 20,000 saplings were planted in Karnal and 5,000 in Kurukshetra. Every citizen should plant one sapling each. This initiative has been started by PM Narendra Modi, he said.

The CM said that over the past 10 years, the central and state govts have worked on basic amenities for people. Moreover, the central and state govts are continuously working to make people's lives easier.