The Delhi Government will launch the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam – Delhi Mega Plantation Drive 2026’ campaign aiming at planting 70 lakh saplings across the national capital.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday chaired a review meeting at the Delhi Secretariat to review preparations for the initiative. During the meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the campaign framework, public participation, digital platforms, plantation targets and the roles of various departments and institutions.
The CM said the first phase of the campaign would begin with a digital launch on June 22. On this occasion, the e-Forest Green Drive Portal and the campaign’s official video would be launched. A citywide public awareness campaign through digital and social media platforms would also begin.
From June 22 to July 4, extensive outreach activities would be undertaken and engagement would be established with various social, religious, educational and community groups to ensure that information about the campaign reaches people across the city and encourages maximum public participation, Gupta mentioned.
“The second phase of the campaign will be held in the first week of July as the ‘Mega Ridge Plantation Campaign’. Ecological restoration plantation programmes will be launched at various locations across the Delhi Ridge area, including PBG Ground, Central Ridge, South Central Ridge and Nanakpura Ridge. Around 2,50,000 saplings will be planted on the same day, and volunteers will be flagged off, marking the beginning of the public movement,” she said.
“The third and largest phase of the campaign will be organised in mid-July as a mega public participation plantation programme. The central event will be held at Swarn Jayanti Park in Rohini and will be connected in real time with 51 live locations across Delhi,” the CM said.
She said around 11,000 people would participate in plantation activities simultaneously, and the programme would be broadcast live from all locations. The campaign would extend across all 70 Assembly constituencies and 13 districts of Delhi. Efforts would be made to achieve the target of planting 70 lakh saplings across the city during the Seva Parv period.
The CM said any resident could register on the e-Forest Green Drive Portal using only a mobile number, name and address.
Echoing similarly, Sirsa said the drive was not merely a plantation programme but a broad-based public movement aimed at making Delhi greener and environment-friendly.
Through this initiative, citizens, RWAs, educational institutions, religious organisations, social groups and youth would be connected to a shared environmental mission, he said.
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