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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches mass plantation drive across capital
Updated On: 08 September, 2018 03:38 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Under the plantation drive, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) on Saturday planted over 10,000 saplings of trees, 33,895 shrubs, 3,77,650 ground cover and 23 palm in 14 circles, the NDMC said in a statement

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal plants a sapling during a mass plantation drive at Garhi Mandu, in East Delhi on Saturday, Sept 8, 2018/PTI
To increase the green cover and to fight the air pollution faced by the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a mass plantation drive across the city to plant around five lakh saplings. The drive was launched by Kejriwal at Garhi Mandu here.
During his speech, he urged people to plant more trees apart from what they have planted in the drive. "Planting trees will be a solution to the pollution we are creating, as well as the pollution created by others. We need to plant a lot more trees.
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