PM Modi launches plantation drive; U P government to plant 22 crore trees

PM Modi launches plantation drive
Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched tree plantation drive in which city?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Agra
(c) Varanasi
(d) Prayagraj
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6th July, 2019, launched a mega plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh by planting a sapling at a primary school in Varanasi.
  • The plantation drive was launched at Harahua Primary School in Anand Kanan forest on the Panch Kosi Marg. 
  • A total of 27 lakh saplings and trees were being planted with the help of farmers and residents to increase the green cover in Varanasi.
  • Five children who have been named as Bal Vriksha Mitra also planted saplings.
  • Under this drive, Uttar Pradesh government will plant 22 crore trees in the state.
  • PM Narendra Modi also inaugurated a statue of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri at Varanasi airport.

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