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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive: &lt;/span&gt;Removed/fixed incorrect author parameter(s), performed &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:AWB/GF&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wp:AWB/GF&quot;&gt;general fixes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Tree Plantation Drive by Maharashtra Forest Department.jpg|thumb|District wise contribution for 33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive from 1st July to 30th September, 2019]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Tree Plantation Drive by Maharashtra Forest Department.jpg|thumb|District wise contribution for 33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive from 1st July to 30th September, 2019]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in [[Nagpur]]. There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal. The three wildlife circles are Wildlife Borivali, Wildlife Nagpur and Wildlife Nashik.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Contacts|publisher=Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the chief of the forest division in Maharashtra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/internal.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng&amp;amp;id=26|title=Maharashtra Forest Department|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.fra.org.in/|title=Welcome to Forest Rights Act website|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oW0Wl_NjAscC&amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pg=PA87&amp;amp;dq&lt;/del&gt;=%22Maharashtra+Forest+Department%22&amp;amp;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hl&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwiC0-2U7sfaAhWtq1kKHQFyBewQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=%22Maharashtra%20Forest%20Department%22&amp;amp;f=false &lt;/del&gt; |title=Forest Policy and Tribal Development: A Study of Maharashtra |page =87|isbn=8170224187&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in [[Nagpur]]. There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal. The three wildlife circles are Wildlife Borivali, Wildlife Nagpur and Wildlife Nashik.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Contacts|publisher=Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the chief of the forest division in Maharashtra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/internal.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng&amp;amp;id=26|title=Maharashtra Forest Department|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.fra.org.in/|title=Welcome to Forest Rights Act website|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oW0Wl_NjAscC&amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;=%22Maharashtra+Forest+Department%22&amp;amp;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pg&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;PA87 &lt;/ins&gt; |title=Forest Policy and Tribal Development: A Study of Maharashtra |page =87|isbn=8170224187&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|first1=Rucha Suresh |last1=Ghate |year= 1992 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|first1=Rucha Suresh |last1=Ghate |year= 1992 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;To fight climate change and droughts in [[Maharashtra]], the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mazhar |first1=Ali |title=CM to launch drive to plant 33cr trees from Anandwan {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/cm-to-launch-drive-to-plant-33cr-trees-from-anandwan/articleshow/70015909.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1st &lt;/del&gt;July to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;30th &lt;/del&gt;September in the State of Maharastra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=Suniyakrishnan |title=Maha Govt Accomplishes Ambitious Initiative, Plants 33 Crore Trees |url=https://thelivenagpur.com/2019/09/26/maha-govt-accomplishes-ambitious-initiative-plants-33-crore-trees/ |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Live Nagpur |date=26 September 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;last1=India |first1&lt;/del&gt;=Press Trust of |title=Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-cm-launches-drive-to-plant-33-cr-saplings-from-chandrapur-119070100855_1.html |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=Business Standard India |date=1 July 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Pinjarkar |first1=Vijay |title=Maharashtra achieves 33 crore plantation target {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/state-achieves-33-crore-plantation-target/articleshow/71301570.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In total, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Maharashtra Forest Department&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mahamulkar |first1=Sujit |title=MVA backs &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;BJP’s &lt;/del&gt;tree plantation drive {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mva-backs-bjps-tree-plantation-drive/articleshow/74605991.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;To fight climate change and droughts in [[Maharashtra]], the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mazhar |first1=Ali |title=CM to launch drive to plant 33cr trees from Anandwan {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/cm-to-launch-drive-to-plant-33cr-trees-from-anandwan/articleshow/70015909.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1 &lt;/ins&gt;July to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;30 &lt;/ins&gt;September in the State of Maharastra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=Suniyakrishnan |title=Maha Govt Accomplishes Ambitious Initiative, Plants 33 Crore Trees |url=https://thelivenagpur.com/2019/09/26/maha-govt-accomplishes-ambitious-initiative-plants-33-crore-trees/ |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Live Nagpur |date=26 September 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;agency&lt;/ins&gt;=Press Trust of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;India &lt;/ins&gt;|title=Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-cm-launches-drive-to-plant-33-cr-saplings-from-chandrapur-119070100855_1.html |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=Business Standard India |date=1 July 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Pinjarkar |first1=Vijay |title=Maharashtra achieves 33 crore plantation target {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/state-achieves-33-crore-plantation-target/articleshow/71301570.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mahamulkar |first1=Sujit |title=MVA backs &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;BJP&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;tree plantation drive {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mva-backs-bjps-tree-plantation-drive/articleshow/74605991.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160506012425/http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/ Official Website] of the Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160506012425/http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/ Official Website] of the Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maharashtra Forest Department&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a department of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] responsible for forestry and wildlife management.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url= http://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/030418/maharashtra-leads-in-forest-management.html  |title=Maharashtra leads in forest management&lt;br /&gt;
|newspaper=The Asian Age  | first1=Sonali  |last1=Telang|date=3 April 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;midday2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/maharashtra-forest-department-to-do-away-from-waterhole-census-from-2018/19305188 |title=Maharashtra Forest Department To Do Away From Waterhole Census From 2018&lt;br /&gt;
|date=11 April 2018|first1=Ranjeet |last1=Jadhav |newspaper=mid-day.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Tree Plantation Drive by Maharashtra Forest Department.jpg|thumb|District wise contribution for 33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive from 1st July to 30th September, 2019]]&lt;br /&gt;
The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in [[Nagpur]]. There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal. The three wildlife circles are Wildlife Borivali, Wildlife Nagpur and Wildlife Nashik.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Contacts|publisher=Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the chief of the forest division in Maharashtra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/internal.php?lang_eng_mar=Eng&amp;amp;id=26|title=Maharashtra Forest Department|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.fra.org.in/|title=Welcome to Forest Rights Act website|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oW0Wl_NjAscC&amp;amp;pg=PA87&amp;amp;dq=%22Maharashtra+Forest+Department%22&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwiC0-2U7sfaAhWtq1kKHQFyBewQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=%22Maharashtra%20Forest%20Department%22&amp;amp;f=false  |title=Forest Policy and Tribal Development: A Study of Maharashtra |page =87|isbn=8170224187&lt;br /&gt;
|first1=Rucha Suresh |last1=Ghate |year= 1992 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive==&lt;br /&gt;
To fight climate change and droughts in [[Maharashtra]], the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mazhar |first1=Ali |title=CM to launch drive to plant 33cr trees from Anandwan {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/cm-to-launch-drive-to-plant-33cr-trees-from-anandwan/articleshow/70015909.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1st July to 30th September in the State of Maharastra.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=Suniyakrishnan |title=Maha Govt Accomplishes Ambitious Initiative, Plants 33 Crore Trees |url=https://thelivenagpur.com/2019/09/26/maha-govt-accomplishes-ambitious-initiative-plants-33-crore-trees/ |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Live Nagpur |date=26 September 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=India |first1=Press Trust of |title=Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-cm-launches-drive-to-plant-33-cr-saplings-from-chandrapur-119070100855_1.html |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=Business Standard India |date=1 July 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Pinjarkar |first1=Vijay |title=Maharashtra achieves 33 crore plantation target {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/state-achieves-33-crore-plantation-target/articleshow/71301570.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In total, [[Maharashtra Forest Department]] planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mahamulkar |first1=Sujit |title=MVA backs BJP’s tree plantation drive {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mva-backs-bjps-tree-plantation-drive/articleshow/74605991.cms |accessdate=18 March 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160506012425/http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/ Official Website] of the Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]&lt;br /&gt;
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