{"id":5654,"date":"2019-08-30T07:32:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T07:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2019-08-30T07:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T07:32:24","slug":"home-minister-takes-part-in-concluding-ceremony-of-mission-million-trees-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/home-minister-takes-part-in-concluding-ceremony-of-mission-million-trees-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Minister Takes Part In Concluding Ceremony of Mission Million Trees Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On his first visit to Gujarat after scrapping various provisions of Article 370 granting special status to J&amp;K, the Union Home Minister today participated in the concluding ceremony of \u201cMission Million trees\u201d programme organized by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The Mission which started on world environment day i.e 5th June, 2019 has been concluded with plantation of 10,87,000 trees in Ahmedabad city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the occasion the Union Home Minister gave a\nclarion call to the women to keep away from using plastics bags while\npurchasing groceries and vegetables. Reminding the citizens of Paris climate\naccord Mr. shah outlined the danger of ozone layer depletion because of CO2 and\nCO emission worldover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Home Minister recalled that the Prime Minister Shri\nNarendra Bhai Modi on resuming powers second time in 2019 created a separate\nministry for \u201cJal Shakti\u201d. He said that this step will guide the entire world\nin coming days on various fronts of environment conservation including water\nconservation, water saving, waste water treatment, irrigation innovations etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shri Shah also flagged off 8 AC electric buses in the city\nand also inaugurated a battery charging station. Lauding the efforts of\nAhmedabad Municipal Corporation Shri Shah appreciated that Ahmedabad has taken\na lead on electric Mobility with countrymade buses. He also appealed to the\ncivic authorities to keep prepared for technological needs such as\nestablishment of efficient battery exchanging stations which should be time\nsaving and energy efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is to be mentioned here that the Union Home Minister\nwrote a special letter to the chairmen\/secretaries of the resident societies in\nhis parliamentary constituency to plant at least 5 trees in their society which\nhave more than 100 years of age such as Banyan tree, Peepal tree etc.\nExpressing satisfaction at the response, the Home Minister said that he has\nreceived 3216 positive replies in which the societies have also made\narrangement for regular watering and maintenance of the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, the state Chief Minister Shri\nVijay Bhai Rupani assured the Home Minister that Gujarat will take lead in the\ncountry on enhancement of electric mobility. He emphasized that 50 electric\nbuses have been provisioned in Ahmedabad now but in very short span of time 500\nelectric buses will be put to service in Ahmedabad alone. He reiterated for\ngreen, clean, environment friendly and pollution free state of Gujarat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shri Vijay Bhai Rupani also informed that the electric buses\nare indigenously made which echoes the sentiments of Make in India. Expressing\nsatisfaction at sufficient rainfall this monsoon, Shri Rupani said that\nnumerous check dams, ponds and other water conservation efforts of the state\ngovernment in last 3 years are now yielding good results following this year\u2019s\ngood rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Bijal Patel, Mayor, Ahmedabad, Shri Pradipsinh Jadeja,\nHome Minister, Government of Gujarat, Shri R.C. Faldu, Agriculture Minister,\nGovernment of Gujarat, Shri Kaushik Bhai Patel, Revenue Minister, Government of\nGujarat and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his first visit to Gujarat after scrapping various provisions of Article 370 granting special status to J&amp;K, the Union Home Minister today participated in the concluding ceremony of \u201cMission Million trees\u201d programme organized by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 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