LUCKNOW, July 8 -- Uttar Pradesh will push its limits on Wednesday by planting 37 crore (370 million) saplings in a single day, two crore more than in 2024, across all 75 districts of the state.

The forest department alone completed advanced soil work at about 9000 locations a week before the drive. About 26 other departments are in the final stages of completing the work at an estimated over 1.5 lakh sites. Lucknow has 78 plantation sites.

Forest officials said on average, 1600 saplings will be planted in a one hectare area. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will plant saplings in Ayodhya and Azamgarh to mark the occasion. The mega plantation drive will begin at 6am and continue till the end of the day.

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