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LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath on Saturday, announced that the state will increase its green cover to 15 per cent from its existing nine per cent by 2027. CM said, “To achieve the target, we need to plant another 175 crore saplings in the next five years.”
Over 131 crore saplings were planted in the state in the last six year period. 5.72 crore saplings were planted in 2017-18 which increased to 11.77 crore in 2018-19, 22.60 crore in 2019-20, 25.87 crore in 2020-21, 30.53 crore in 2021-22 and 35.49 crore in 2022-23.
Yogi said, “With good care, survival rate was high. According to India state of forest report, the green cover in U.P. increased by 794 sq km between 2015 and 2021.”
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