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Uttar Pradesh Aims to Become a ‘Green State’ Through Extensive Tree Planting Efforts

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Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath-led government is on a mission to transform Uttar Pradesh into a ‘green state’, and the goal is evident from the heightened scale of sapling plantations in the past few years.According to official estimates, more than 242 crore saplings have been planted across the state in the last nine years, leading to a spike in the state’s forest cover by 559.19 square kilometres. Last year, a record 37.21 crore saplings were planted in a single day on July …