Ghaziabad, Noida gear up for 24-hr plantation drive

The UP government has ordered a 24-hour-long plantation drive to be carried out throughout the state from 10am on 11 July 2016. The state forest department aims to plant five crore saplings before the drive ends on July 12. As many as 1.10 lakh saplings, plants and trees are to be planted in Gautam Budh Nagar and 80,060 in Ghaziabad under this programme. According to officials, all the works related to digging up of soil, arrangement for tree guards and fencing was completed by March 31 and verified by TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute).