The highest target of planting 63,682 saplings was assigned to rural development department, while the department of sericulture was given target of merely 1,323 small trees.“The forest department, including social forestry and Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, will plant as many as 24,944 saplings on August 15. The BOB would fence the trees for their protection, he added. This amount is meant for meeting expenses of adopted tree’s maintenance,” Jalpangi said. This is the 30 percent of our joint plantation target”, Kumar said.Meanwhile, the manager of district lead bank, MS Jalpangi, told TOI that during a plantation program held on Friday at Madhotanda, four branches of Bank of Baroda adopted 34 lychee trees for their conservation.“We have also transferred a sum of Rs 35,400 to the bank account of SDM, Kalinagar, who is the vice president of Gomati trust. PILIBHIT: In a bid to achieve the target of planting nine crore saplings by Independence Day across the state, the Pilibhit administration has been entrusted with the responsibility of planting 2.83 lakh saplings.The target was assigned by UP chief secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey, who announced district-wise targets during a video conferencing meet on Friday.According to divisional director of social forestry Sanjeev Kumar , who has also been designated as the nodal officer for the plantation campaign in Pilibhit, the state government has engaged around 25 government departments in the district for the plantation drive.The departments have been instructed to identify the spots for plantation and excavate the pits as soon as possible.
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