Mega plantation a way to turn heatwave into green wave, says CM Adityanath

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attacked anti-national elements and antisocial elements, vowing not to let society break and highlighted the state's mega plantation drive undertaken on the day as a campaign to turn heatwave into a green wave.

- HT Correspondent

Addressing a gathering in Azamgarh to mark the plantation drive, he said, “We will not let the society break and will also crush the anti-national and antisocial elements...We will also protect the health of Mother Earth and will also keep the memories of mother alive.”

“Yesterday, we arrested a jallad (executioner) in Balrampur. That executioner used to play with the honour of Hindu sisters and daughters. He used to bargain for money, but now strictness is being done with such elements,” Adityanath said, referring to the arrest of a religious conversion racket kingpin.

The chief minister made the remark after establishing Harishankari Vatika at Kerma village in Azamgarh’s Sathiyawan block along the Purvanchal Expressway.

Adityanath, who planted sapling number 60 lakh of the district on the occasion, thanked the people of Azamgarh and the state for being a part of the massive campaign inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The chief minister appealed to all the citizens to take trees from the forest department and plant at least one sapling in the name of one’s mother.

“This campaign is a means of expressing gratitude towards oneself and Mother Earth... The earth is our mother and we are her sons.”