Bhopal: Indore in Madhya Pradesh, which won the tag of cleanest city of India consecutively for six years in the annual ‘swachh’ survey by the Centre, set a goal to become ‘green city’ of the country with chief minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday launching a mission to plant 51 lakh trees in it.
Unveiling the plantation project in Indore, Mr Yadav hailed it as a novel idea to check climate change and announced that Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and state forest department would allocate Rs ten crore each for the project.
“Swachh Indore is now heading for green Indore with the implementation of the project”, he said.
The mega plantation project, set to be launched in Indore in the rainy season, is estimated to cost Rs 25 crore.
Identification of land for the project has however emerged as the biggest challenge for the local administration.
A senior officer of Indore administration told this newspaper that around 10 lakh saplings have so…