Vanmahotsava

Vanamahotsava is the festival of life. It was started in India, as a campaign to save mother earth The name Vanamahotsava (the festival of trees) originated in
July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was
undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal
Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abdul Kalam Azad participated.
The week was simultaneously celebrated in a number of states.
Since then, lakhs of saplings of different species were planted with active involvement of agencies like the forest department. The concept of this great festival for the nature lovers was first
initiated by (Late) K.M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for
Food & Agriculture in the year 1950.
It was the vision and wisdom of this great leader that the issue of environmental degradation, unless timely action is taken to prevent & restore, it may go beyond human control & threaten the survival of any living organisms on this earth planet. Gujarat was the first state to implement it. However, it was
only in the 1970s that greater impetus was given to the
conservation of India's forests and wildlife. India was one of
the first countries in the world to have introduced a social
forestry programme to introduce trees in non-forested areas along road sides, canals, and railway lines
People celebrate vanamahotsava by planting trees in schools,
offices, colleges, homes etc. Awareness programmes are also
held at different levels. Novel programmes like free distribution
of tress are also taken up