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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
On World Environment Day, Union Agriculture
Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan plants tree
at Smart City Park in Bhopal under the ‘Ek Ped
Maa Ke Naam’ campaign
Trees mean the future. Let us turn environment protection
into a mass movement : Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Make tree plantation a regular part of life because if there are
trees, we exist : Shri Chouhan
Join the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign and contribute to
environment protection : Union Agriculture Minister Shri
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The resolve of planting a tree every day has continued
without a break for the last five and a half years : Shri Shivraj
Singh Chouhan
Trees are not just greenery; they are the foundations of life,
biodiversity and the security of our future : Shri Chouhan
प्रव तथ: 05 JUN 2026 10:05PM by PIB Delhi
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, and
Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted a tree at the Smart City Park in Bhopal under the
‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. While greeting the
people of the state and the country on World Environment Day, Union Minister Shri Shivraj Chouhan said
that life on Earth will remain safe if our environment remains safe. Tree plantation is not just an act of
planting a sapling but a campaign to protect humanity, nature and future generations. He said that if trees
are saved, water, forests, land and biodiversity will remain protected. There will be rainfall, rivers will be
saved, soil will be conserved and there will be continuity of life. Shri Chouhan appealed to all citizens to
consider environment protection as their personal responsibility and make tree plantation a regular part of
life because if there are trees, we exist.One sapling grows into a grand banyan tree and serves Nature
While looking at a banyan tree planted in 2021 at the Smart City Park, Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh
Chouhan said that five years ago, he had taken a resolve from Amarkantak to plant a tree every day, and
the first sapling he planted after coming to Bhopal was this one. He said that today this sapling has grown
into a massive banyan tree. Seeing birds chirping on that tree, the activities of living beings and the
vibrant form of nature, he felt immense satisfaction and joy. Comparing trees with children, he said that
just as nurturing children helps them grow, similarly a sapling grows into a huge tree over time and serves
society and nature.
Take a resolve to plant trees on special occasions
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan appealed to citizens that if daily tree plantation is
not possible, they should at least plant trees on special occasions in life. Birthdays, children’s birthdays,
marriages, wedding anniversaries, in memory of parents and other family occasions should be linked with
tree plantation. He said that through Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’
campaign, lakhs of people across the country are planting trees in honour of their mothers. He added that
he also planted a tree in the memory of his late mother Smt. Sundar Devi Ji.Tree plantation campaign has gone from a resolve to public participation
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the environment will not be protected only through speeches and
discussions; it is necessary to work on the ground. With this thought, he had taken a resolve many years
ago to plant a tree every day, which continues uninterrupted even today. He said that in the last five and a
half years, there has not been a single day when he did not plant a tree. Now a large number of children,
youth and citizens are also joining the tree plantation campaign along with him. Shri Shivraj Singh
Chouhan said that he is happy that awareness towards environment protection is increasing in society and
the new generation is also making it a part of their lives.
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