On the initiative of the Governor Anandiben Patel, over 16,500 peepal saplings were planted in various regions of the State on the occasion of Guru Poornima.
Saplings of peepal were planted in the campuses of universities, government and private colleges and schools. Total 16,508 peepal saplings including 3,997 saplings in universities and colleges and 12,511 saplings in schools were planted.
It may be mentioned that instructions to plant peepal saplings were given by the Governor Patel to all the educational institutions. One thousand 151 peepal’s saplings were planted in the educational institutions of Bhopal district.
Similarly, 1601 saplings in the educational institutions of Sagar, 1358 in Indore, 910 in Jabalpur, 951 in Gwalior, 164 in Rewa, 721 in Ujjain, 146 in Chhattarpur, 505 in Raisen, 66 in Shahdol, 388 in Satna, 232 in Guna, 924 in Mandsaur, 367 in Shivpuri, 60 in Khandwa, 23 in Morena, 41 in Bhind, 534 in Vidisha, 489 in Sehore, 78 in Chhindwara, 484 in Balaghat, 133 in Agar-Malwa, 265 in Alirajpur, 139 in Anupppur, 145 in Ashok Nagar, 44 in Badwani, 400 in Betul, 266 in Burhanpur, 5 in Damoh, 101 in Datia, 307 in Dewas, 359 in Dhar, 47 in Dindori, 35 in Harda, 502 in Hoshangabad, 214 in Jhabua, 28 in Katni, 383 in Khargone, 209 in Mandla, 62 in Narsinghpur, 403 in Neemuch, 15 in Panna, 315 in Rajgarh, 147 in Ratlam, 120 in Seoni, 60 in Shajapur, 218 in Sheopur, 25 in Sidhi, 361 in Singrauli and 7 in Tikamgarh were planted on the occasion of Guru Poornima.
