The target is to increase the state's green cover from 9 per cent to 15 per cent by 2026-27 with public cooperation.

Specific objectives have been established for all departments and divisions of the state campaign. The Yogi government has also directed adequate preparations to ensure availability of high quality saplings to all stakeholders.

Like the previous year, this year preparations have begun for safe planting and achievement of the goal.

The goal is to plant 350 million saplings, with specific targets assigned to various departments: 140 million Forestry, Environment and Climate Change, 125.9 million Rural Development, 25 million Agriculture, 15.5 million Horticulture, 12 .8 million from Panchayati Raj, 10.6 million from Income, 3.5 million from Urban Development, 1.8 million from Higher Education.

In addition, 1.3 million seedlings each will be planted in Public Works, Railways and Hydraulics, 1.2 million in Basic Education, 1.1 million in Health, 900,000 in Industry, 800,000 in Industrial Development and Secondary Education, and 700,000 in Livestock. Domestic each one. , 600,000 each from Energy and Cooperation, 500,000 each from Housing Promotion, Defense and Technical Education, and 300,000 each from Labor and Transportation.

Under the campaign, saplings will be planted in all 18 divisions.

Goals have been set for everyone. The Lucknow division has been given the target of planting maximum number of saplings.

Four crore saplings will be planted in Lucknow division, 3.13 crore in Kanpur division, 2.76 crore in Chitrakoot, 2.58 crore in Jhansi, 2.27 crore Rs in Mirzapur, Rs 2.20 crore in Ayodhya, Rs 1.95 crore in Devipatan, Rs 1.89 crore in Prayagraj, Rs 1.87 crore in Bareilly, Rs 1.78 crore in Varanasi, 1 .76 crore in Moradabad, 1.74 crore in Agra, 1.43 crore in Gorakhpur, 1.34 crore in Azamgarh, 1.20 crore in Aligarh, 1.14 crore in Meerut division, 1.08 lakh in Basti and 88 lakh in Saharanpur division.

There will also be geotagging of planting sites. The Forest Department will plant 12.60 crore saplings in the divisions and other departments will plant around 22.40 crore saplings.

The Yogi government has directed officials to plant trees across the state to make Uttar Pradesh green.

The trees will be planted on forest land, village panchayat and community land, around highways and canals, on land owned by development authorities and industrial complexes, on defense and railway land, on land of medical and educational institutions, on other properties government and private agricultural lands. with the cooperation of farmers and by citizens in their private premises.