India, Jan. 21 -- The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has made it mandatory to ensure 100% geo-tagging and physical verification of saplings planted under recent plantation drives.

According to district officials, the departments yet to complete the process are being asked to submit updated reports. Emphasis has also been laid on ensuring survival of saplings planted over the past two years rather than just meeting numerical targets.

The move has come as the district authorities have sharpened their focus on environmental compliance, plantation survival, and river pollution control to ensure that afforestation drives and cleanliness campaigns are no longer assessed on paper alone.

Chief development officer (CDO) Shivakant Dwivedi said...