LUCKNOW, July 3 -- Parents of newborns were gifted saplings and certificates at the Ram Prakash Gupta Mother and Child Hospital, in the state capital, to mark the ongoing drive by the forest department to celebrate Van Mohatsav. "The initiative aims to connect more people with nature. Under the initiative parents of all new born are being given saplings," said Sitanshu Pandey, divisional forest officer, Awadh Range. Green gold certificate distribution to parents of newborns was done by Sunaina Chaudhary and the DFO. The hospital staff were also given saplings. Officials including SDO, Mohanlalganj, Chandan Chudhary, were also present during the event. During the day, Panchayati Raj minister OP Rajbhar, PWD minister Brijesh Singh, along with forest and environment minister Arun K Saxena conducted review meetings. Head of department of forests Sunil Chaudhary, nodal officer for plantation Mahabhiyan Deepak Kumar, chairman of UP Pollution Control Board, RP Singh, zoo director Aditi Sharma, were present during the meeting.HTC...