NRP Desk
Lucknow: To honour armed forces and celebrate the success of Operation Sindoor, UP govt will establish at least one ‘Sindoor Van’ in every district. Plantation of these forests will be inaugurated on Aug 15 in a state-level pro-gramme organised in Lucknow. These forests will be a part of Shaurya Van, which will be raised in every district on Aug 15 to mark the valour of the Indian defence forces, a forest department official said, adding that villages of martyrs will be the preferred locations for plantation. After exceeding the plantation target of 37 crore saplings by planting 37.21 crore saplings in 12 hours on July 9, the govt has started raising thematic forests in districts, as was planned under Plantation 2025.
Planting of Eklavya Van was launched by the forest department in a state-level programme in Pilibhit on July 19 and that of Oxy Van at Bareilly, a day later. Each of these plantations will be done on at least a hectare of land in every district during monsoon. Eklavya Van is UP’stribute to the revolutionary tribal icon, Birsa Mun da, whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Varsha by the central govt. These fo rests will be planted in districts with significant tribal populations.
