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Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in the first week of July and plantation drives are carried out across the country.
India has taken a target of creating additional 2 billion carbon sequestration by 2030.
On Van Mahotsav, people plant saplings and encourage more people and various plantation drives are also carried out.
Van Mahotsav or Forest Festival is an annual tree-planting festival celebrated in the month of July in which thousands of trees are planted all over the country. Van Mahotsav week is celebrated from 1 July to 7 July to spread awareness of forest conservation and to save the environment.
Trees and forests play a very crucial role in maintaining an ecological balance and providing oxygen to human beings on the planet. The Van Mahotsav week is a reminder that we must protect forests and stop deforestation and practice the 3R rule- Reduce, reuse and recycle.
During this week, one can find children and elders planting saplings and taking part in the plantation drive to raise awareness about the importance of trees.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar planted saplings today and said that India has set a target of creating an additional 2 billion carbon sequestration by 2030. Javadekar said that in the seven years of the Modi government, the tree cover within and outside the forest has grown by 15,000 sq km.