Over one crore saplings planted to rejoice PMs birthday: Odisha CM Majhi

The Mohan Majhi Government on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) claimed to have planted a couple of crore timber on a single day to rejoice the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Odisha Government had mobilised all line departments, together with instructional institutes throughout the State to plant timber. By afternoon, the variety of saplings planted throughout the State had crossed one crore, mentioned the State authorities in an announcement.

As a part of the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0. marketing campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities had deliberate to plant 75 lakh timber one a single day which the was achieved by 1:33 p.m.

At the state-level occasion of the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” marketing campaign held at Ekamra College campus in Bhubaneswar, Mr. Majhi mentioned planting a tree in reminiscence of 1’s mom is the absolute best option to rejoice one’s birthday, and this was most likely a becoming present to PM Modi from Odisha.

Earlier, Mr. Majhi greeted PM describing has the architect of the nation’s improvement and the world’s hottest chief, and prayed earlier than Lord Jagannath for his lengthy and wholesome life. Last yr, Mr. Modi had celebrated his birthday in Odisha.

Under Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam marketing campaign, the CM mentioned Odisha had planted 6.72 crore timber and ranked fourth within the nation. This yr, within the second version of the marketing campaign, the goal has been set at 7.5 crore plantations. Already, greater than 6 crore saplings have been planted up to now.

On Wednesday (September 17, 2025), practically 15 lakh college students from 40,000 excessive and better secondary colleges, 1 lakh college students from 1,000 schools, 2 lakh academics, 76,000 Anganwadi employees, 17,500 forest safety committees, atmosphere improvement committees, 17,000 ASHA employees, 16,500 Mai Bharat volunteers, and 10,000 eco-clubs enthusiastically participated within the plantation drive, the federal government knowledgeable in an announcement.