Bhubaneswar, June 28 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today urged people from all walks of life-from the young to the elderly-to plant a tree in their mother's name and help establish Sambalpur as a national model for tree plantation.
Speaking at the Van Mahotsav and mass tree plantation drive organised under the "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0" campaign at Potapali in Sambalpur, Pradhan, who is also the Member of Parliament from Sambalpur, called for a new identity for the city rooted in environmental consciousness.
"Just as Sambalpur is renowned for Maa Samaleswari, Nuakhai, Sital Sasthi, and the Mahanadi River, it should now also be recognised as a city of tree plantation," he said.
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