IFFCO Plants 7 lakh Trees on PM Modi Birthday Muraina

NEW DELHI. IFFCO on Tuesday planted about 7 lakh trees in a nationwide campaign held on the occasion of 69th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The inaugural event of the campaign was held in Muraina, Madhya Pradesh in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, IFFCO said in a statement. "On the occasion of 69th birthday of PM Narendra Modi, the Indian Farmers Fertilisthe Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) kick started a nationwide tree plantation campaign," it said. The campaign was launched in association with agri-research body ICAR, Kisan Vigyan Kendras and Union Agriculture Ministry.

 

All state offices of IFFCO actively participated in this event and planted close to 7 lakh trees, the statement said. IFFCO's MD U S Awasthi said: "The neem plantation drive of IFFCO has been going on for several years and we have planted close to 10 lakh neem trees across India. This campaign is to give further impetus to this tree-plantation drive by IFFCO."