‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign will bring environmental revolution: Chhattisgarh CM Sai

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to plant a tree dedicated to their mother, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign would bring a revolution and conserve the environment.

CM Sai said, “Everyone should plant a tree in the name of their mother. If mother is alive, she should be taken along to plant a tree. If she has passed away, then a tree should be planted, keeping her picture nearby. If every citizen joins this initiative, there will be an environmental revolution.”

He further appealed to the people of Chhattisgarh to join the initiative.

He further said, “The NDA government has been formed continuously, Narendra Modi Ji has become the Prime Minister for the third time and after assuming the responsibility of the Prime Minister for the third time, today was his first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ today. In ‘Mann Ki Baat’ he has requested the countrymen that everyone should plant a tree in the name of their mother and we also request the people of Chhattisgarh that everyone should plant a tree.”

Earlier, PM Modi on Sunday spoke about the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign launched on World Environment Day, appealing to the citizens and people worldwide to join the tree plantation initiative with their mother to celebrate both motherhood and the environment.

While addressing the nation in his 111th episode of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Sunday PM Modi said that with the thought of doing something for our Mother, the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign was launched across the country on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5 which is progressing rapidly.

“If I ask you which is the most precious relationship in the world, you will definitely say – ‘Mother’. In all our lives, the status of ‘mother’ is the highest. A mother nurtures her child despite facing every pain. Every mother shows affection for her child. This love of the mother who gave birth to us is like a debt on all of us which no one can repay. We cannot give anything to Mother, but can we do anything else? With this thought in mind, a special campaign has been started on World Environment Day this year, the name of this campaign is – ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’. I have also planted a tree in the name of my mother,” he said.

“I have appealed to all my countrymen, people of all the countries of the world to plant a tree along with their mother or in her name. I am very happy to see that the campaign of planting trees in the memory or honour of Mother is progressing rapidly,” the Prime Minister added.