With an aim to set a world record by planting six crore saplings on July 2, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has assigned targets to 24 districts.
These are districts where river Narmada flows to cover 1077 km in Madhya Pradesh.
The target varies from planting one lakh saplings to 55 lakh in one day for which arrangements have been made through private nurseries from within and outside the state.
The state forest department is likely to arrange 4.5 crore saplings, while the horticulture department will manage 40 lakh fruit plants.
The rest has been arranged from private nurseries within the state and from Meerut, Jalgaon and Nagpur.
The districts have been assigned target of planting one lakh to 55 lakh saplings a day for which they have been asked to arrange additional workforce.
Also involved were social organisations like Gayatri Parivar, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Narmada Sewa Samiti, and trusts run by spiritual and religious heads.
